Effect of Cueing on Gluteus Maximus Recruitment

Muscle Contraction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Cueing on Gluteus Maximus and Hamstring Recruitment During the Bridging Exercise

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02645188
• Other study ID #: 15-007140
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 30, 2015
• Last updated: March 11, 2016
• Start date: December 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Do specific verbal and tactile cues and instructions help people who perform bridging exercises to improve hip muscle strength to optimize recruitment of the gluteus maximus muscle?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• female

• 18-40 years of age

• normal muscle strength in lower extremities

Exclusion Criteria:

• evidence of patellofemoral pain syndrome

• evidence of femoracetabular impingement

• evidence of mechanical low back pain causing radicular (lower extremity) symptoms

• history of previous hip or knee ligament injury

• history of lower extremity trauma

• history of lower extremity surgery

• history of neurological conditions that impair motor function

• current lower extremity pain that limits functional activities

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Contraction

Intervention

Other:
• Cueing
Verbal and tactile cueing to enhance gluteus maximus recruitment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic in Rochester	Rochester	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle recruitment as a percentage of the maximal voluntary isometric contraction		2 weeks	No