Static Stretching on Postural Sway and Plantar Pressures

Muscle Stretching Exercise; Postural Balance; Stabilometry; Platform Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Acute Effects of Intermittent Versus Continuous Bilateral Ankle Plantar Flexors Static Stretching on Postural Sway and Plantar Pressures During Standing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03743168
• Other study ID #: Static-Stretching
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: November 2018
• Source: Universidad de León
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Risk for falls has been associated with falls efficacy and postural balance. The objective was to compare the effects on the footprint and the stabilometry of the continuous stretch and the intermittent. Subjects were randomly assigned to an intermittent stretching protocol group or continuous stretch group both of them loading passive plantar flexor stretching. Static footprint and stabilometry were measured before and after both protocols.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: October 15, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Non-trained individuals

• Healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous surgery on the lower extremities

• Injuries

• Musculoskeletal conditions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Stretching Exercise; Postural Balance; Stabilometry; Platform

Intervention

Other:
• Intermittent stretching protocol
Intermittent stretching protocol of five sets of 1 minute and15 second rest
• Continuous stretch
2 minutes continuous stretch

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de León

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Foot plantar pressure	Maximum foot plantar pressure measured as K Pa	Change from foot plantar pressure at 2 minutes