View clinical trials related to Hamstring Tightness.
Filter by:The study is randomized and single-blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah International University, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A & B through sealed envelope method by Non-probability Convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in Group A will receive Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization. Group B will receive Therapeutic Cupping.
Low back pain (LBP) is leading cause of disability and its burden is growing worldwide with an increasing and ageing of population. Poor flexibility or tightness of hamstring muscle has been associated with low back pain. It is a prominent cause of activity limitations and work absenteeism throughout world. Hence this study was designed to find out superior form of effective technique on active knee extension and experience of pain and disability in chronic nonspecific low back pain.
The hamstring muscle is an important muscle that affect the performance of almost all activities of daily living. Since this muscle is a large muscle that pass across two major joints (the hip and knee joint), it is more susceptible to become tight and to lose its extensibility. On the other hand, there is no agreement on a standard protocol for the treatment of hamstring tightness. Kinesio tape is one of the options for treatment of hamstring muscle, it is a safe, passive and non-painful intervention, and if proven to be effective it will help individuals especially those with poor compliance and poor tolerance to painful stretching exercises. The aim of the present study is to investigate the acute effectiveness of Kinesio taping on hamstring muscles extensibility. 96 students with hamstring tightness will be recruited from the University of Dammam to participate in this prospective experimental study. All participants will be assigned randomly to either a Kinesio tape group, Sham tape group and control group. Outcome measures will be the hamstring length measurement by using active knee extension test and strength measurement for hamstring and quadriceps muscles by using a handheld dynamometer. Outcome measurement will be taken at baseline and 15 minutes after the intervention.