Trunk Extension Endurance Among Physical Therapy Students

Spine Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Trunk Extension Endurance Using Four Arms Positions Among Physical Therapy Collegiate Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03107676
• Other study ID #: CMR-PT-2017-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 20, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

College students from physical therapy department will be assigned into four groups. Participants will be tested for trunk extensors endurance and will be given endurance training program to do at home for 6 to 8 weeks. Spinal mobility and lower extremity mobility will be measured. Isokinetic outcome measures for extension and flexion at two different speeds will also be measured at baseline, after 6 and 8 weeks.

Description:

Active physical therapy students who are healthy and free from any significant pain at the spine will be recruited to participate in intervention endurance training. Participants will be assigned into four equal groups; doing trunk extension form lying on stomach while breathing normally and arching trunk backwards as long as tolerated. Group one will have arms above head, group two will have hands behind head, group three will have hands parallel to the trunk, and group four will receive instructions only and will act as control group. Spinal mobility of forward bending, backwards bending, right and left side bending will be taken. Straight leg raising and quadriceps flexibility will also be taken. Isokinetic measurements including peak torque, peak torque/body weight, average peak torque, work and average power will be taken at baseline, 6 and 8 weeks. Participants will have a training volume of 2 sets of 10 repetitions, 2 minutes rest in between, 2x/day for 6 to 8 weeks. Endurance timing will be measured in seconds using stop watch. If participant managed to maintain the trunk extension position for 4 minutes, time is recorded and it is considered as ceiling time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 20, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Active college student free from any spinal pain or pain 3/10 on pain intensity numeric pain rating scale, willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• have had spinal surgery or pain at the spine more than 3/10 on pain intensity numeric pain rating scale.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Injuries
• Spine Injury

Intervention

Other:
• trunk extensors endurance training
endurance training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences	Al Madinah

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt	Cairo University, Taibah University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	endurance timing	trunk extensors endurance timing	8 weeks
Primary	isokinetic output	peak torque, peak torque/BW, average peak torque, average power, work	8 weeks