Acute Effect of Static Stretching and Pilates Stretching on the Muscle Strength

Muscle Strength Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acute Effect of Static Stretching and Pilates Stretching on the Concentric Muscle Strength of the Knee Extensors and Flexors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06151860
• Other study ID #: 0001_UENP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 5, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 25, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction: Studies have shown that static stretching performed immediately before strength exercises impairs performance. However, unlike static stretching, dynamic stretching performed immediately before muscular strength exercises does not seem to result in worse performance, and in some cases may even provide greater strength performance. Still, the literature is controversial and inconclusive to date.

Objective: To verify the acute effect of static stretching versus dynamic stretching on the muscle strength of young university students.

Methods: The sample will consist of 102 physically active young university students, of both sexes, aged between 18 and 25 years old, subdivided into three groups: Group 1 - static stretching; Group 2 - dynamic stretching; and Group 3 - control. Everyone will undergo assessment of the isokinetic peak torque of the knee extensor and flexor muscles at 60º/s and 180º/s in the dominant lower limb. Next, the experimental groups (Groups 1 and 2) will perform static or dynamic stretching exercises for the quadriceps and hamstring muscles, while the control group will not perform any activity. Finally, everyone will undergo muscle strength assessment again according to the same procedures used initially. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) will be used to compare groups, with data from the initial assessment as adjustment covariates.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 102
• Est. completion date: June 25, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 25, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• to practice systematic physical exercises at least three times a week over the last six months;

• healthy young adults, aged between 18 and 25 years;

• agree to participate in the study by signing the Free and Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• musculoskeletal injuries in the lower limbs;

• pregnancy.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Strength
• Muscle Strength Dynamometer

Intervention

Other:
• Static stretching
Stretching exercises performed by maintaining the point of muscular discomfort without changing position for a certain period of time.
• Pilates stretching
Stretching exercises performed dynamically, following the six basic principles of Pilates: concentration, control, center, precision, breathing and fluidity.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná	Jacarezinho	Paraná

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle strength	Concentric muscle strength of the knee extensors and flexors	Acute (immediate) effect: pre-intervention and post-intervention (10 minutes after pre-intervention)