StudentsEPSHFNCT01990417
Evaluation of Passive Stretching in the Hamstrings Flexibility
A study testing Passive stretching in people with Students and Healthy Volunteers, run by Fortaleza University at 1 site in Brazil.
Trial summary
The present study aimed to analyze the influence of passive stretching before and after strength training on flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 35 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Students, Healthy Volunteers
- What is being tested?
- Passive stretching
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBrazil
- Study dates
- Dec 2010to Mar 2011
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 35 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- The healthy students volunteers who worked out at the gym between 1-15 months of activities and ranging in age from 18 to 35 years
Who cannot join
- Volunteers who had history of chronic disease diagnosed and /or musculoskeletal injury.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Brazil1 site
Núcleo de Atenção Médica Integrada (NAMI), in the evaluation room of the academy school at the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR)
Fortaleza, Ceará
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of Passive Stretching in the Hamstrings Flexibility of Who Practice Exercises
The present study aimed to analyze the influence of passive stretching before and after strength training on flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out
Read the detailed description
Question: Does passive stretching before and after strength training effect the flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out?
Design: Intervention study in humans
Participants: 40 healthy student volunteers, ranging in age from 18 to 35 years old, who work out.
Intervention: The Wells bench was used to assess the flexibility of the hamstring muscle. In this test, a person sits on a mat, with the soles of both feet maintaining contact with a box. The top of the box has an indicator marked in centimeters that is used to measure flexibility by how far the person can push the indicator without bending the legs. The knees of the seated person are extended while the hips are flexed. The subject is then asked to take a deep breath, and during exhalation, flex the trunk forward with the upper limbs extended.
The upper limbs are supported by a bench of 23 cm long aligned with a tape measure over the bench. During flexion of the trunk, the right hand is placed over the left and the tips of the fingers touch the indicator on top, and move it forward as far as possible.
- Conditions
- Students, Healthy Volunteers
- Being tested
- Passive stretching
- Keywords
- Muscle Stretching Exercises, Joint range of motion, Resistance Training, Physical Therapy
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Passive stretchingOther
Passive stretching of the hamstrings was performed only once, lasting 30 seconds, and initiated on the right leg. Participants were in supine position with head, trunk and arms aligned along the body. The researcher remained ipsilateral to the subject´s leg being stretched and applied external force to the limit tolerated by the participant. The researcher performed a hip flexion, knee extension, and dorsiflexion of the ankle while the opposite leg remained extended on the ground.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Passive stretching | Experimental | After evaluation, the participants were randomly divided into four groups: A, B, C and D. Group A. stretched before and after workout ; group B stretched only before workout; group C stretched only after workout; and group D did not stretch at all. Receives: Other: Passive stretching |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
hamstrings flexibility
After evaluation, the participants were randomly divided into four groups: A, B, C and D. Group A. stretched before and after workout ; group B stretched only before workout; group C stretched only after workout; and group D did not stretch at all.
Passive stretching of the hamstrings was performed only once, lasting 30 seconds, and initiated on the right leg. Participants were in supine position with head, trunk and arms aligned along the body. The researcher remained ipsilateral to the subject´s leg being stretched and applied external force to the limit tolerated by the participant. The researcher performed a hip flexion, knee extension, and dorsiflexion of the ankle while the opposite leg remained extended on the ground.
Measured: 30 seconds of maintenance
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Nov 2013 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2010
- Primary completionDec 2010
- Study completionMar 2011
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for StudentsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Fortaleza University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ana Paula de Vasconcellos Abdon, Fortaleza University
- Investigators
- Ana Paula V Abdon, PhD, Study director, University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01990417
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- EPS-1310
- Acronym
- EPSHF
- Status last verified
- Nov 2013
- First submitted
- 13 Oct 2013
- Last updated
- 21 Nov 2013
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Nov 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of Passive Stretching in the Hamstrings Flexibility of Who Practice Exercises
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01990417
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EPSHF / EPS-1310
- Conditions
- Students, Healthy Volunteers
- Keywords
- Muscle Stretching Exercises, Joint range of motion, Resistance Training, Physical Therapy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Fortaleza UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Dec 2010
- Primary completion
- Dec 2010 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2011 (actual)
- First posted
- 21 Nov 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The present study aimed to analyze the influence of passive stretching before and after strength training on flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out
Detailed description
Question: Does passive stretching before and after strength training effect the flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out?
Design: Intervention study in humans
Participants: 40 healthy student volunteers, ranging in age from 18 to 35 years old, who work out.
Intervention: The Wells bench was used to assess the flexibility of the hamstring muscle. In this test, a person sits on a mat, with the soles of both feet maintaining contact with a box. The top of the box has an indicator marked in centimeters that is used to measure flexibility by how far the person can push the indicator without bending the legs. The knees of the seated person are extended while the hips are flexed. The subject is then asked to take a deep breath, and during exhalation, flex the trunk forward with the upper limbs extended.
The upper limbs are supported by a bench of 23 cm long aligned with a tape measure over the bench. During flexion of the trunk, the right hand is placed over the left and the tips of the fingers touch the indicator on top, and move it forward as far as possible.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Passive stretching | Experimental | Other: Passive stretchingAfter evaluation, the participants were randomly divided into four groups: A, B, C and D. Group A. stretched before and after workout ; group B stretched only before workout; group C stretched only after workout; and group D did not stretch at all. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 35 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The healthy students volunteers who worked out at the gym between 1-15 months of activities and ranging in age from 18 to 35 years
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Volunteers who had history of chronic disease diagnosed and /or musculoskeletal injury.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Passive stretchingPassive stretching of the hamstrings was performed only once, lasting 30 seconds, and initiated on the right leg. Participants were in supine position with head, trunk and arms aligned along the body. The researcher remained ipsilateral to the subject´s leg being stretched and applied external force to the limit tolerated by the participant. The researcher performed a hip flexion, knee extension, and dorsiflexion of the ankle while the opposite leg remained extended on the ground. | Other | Passive stretching |
Primary outcome
hamstrings flexibility
Time frame: 30 seconds of maintenance
After evaluation, the participants were randomly divided into four groups: A, B, C and D. Group A. stretched before and after workout ; group B stretched only before workout; group C stretched only after workout; and group D did not stretch at all. Passive stretching of the hamstrings was performed only once, lasting 30 seconds, and initiated on the right leg. Participants were in supine position with head, trunk and arms aligned along the body. The researcher remained ipsilateral to the subject´s leg being stretched and applied external force to the limit tolerated by the participant. The researcher performed a hip flexion, knee extension, and dorsiflexion of the ankle while the opposite leg remained extended on the ground.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Nov 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ana Paula V Abdon, PhD study director
University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Passive stretching in people with Students and Healthy Volunteers, run by Fortaleza University at 1 site in Brazil.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Nov 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
hamstrings flexibility (time frame: 30 seconds of maintenance). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Nov 2013.