Effectiveness Analysis of Active Stretching Versus Active Stretching With Low Frequency Currents

Muscular Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness Analysis of Active Stretching Versus Active Stretching With Low Frequency Currents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02100241
• Other study ID #: FPR2012
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 19, 2013
• Last updated: March 26, 2014
• Start date: April 2012
• Est. completion date: June 2012

Study information

• Verified date: March 2014
• Source: Rodríguez, Francisco Piqueras, M.D.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether active stretching with low frequency currents are more effective than active stretching in the treatment of hamstring shortness syndrome in children.

Description:

In 2012 we studied 51 young footballers with Short Hamstring Syndrome in Spain. Three groups were formed:

1. Stretching+Transcutaneous Electrical Nervous Stimulation (TENS);

2. Active stretching;

3. Conventional stretching.

Parameters: straight leg raise test (SLR), popliteal angle with the passive knee extension test (PKE) and the toe-touch test (TT).

The inter-group means were compared and clinically relevant parameters calculated [relative risk (RR), absolute risk reduction (ARR), relative risk reduction (RRR) and number needed to treat (NNT)].

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: June 2012
• Est. primary completion date: April 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 10 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children between 10 to 16.

• children federated belonging to Football School of Jumilla.

• children whose result in the assessment of range of motion is less than 70º in the Straight Leg Raising Test.

• not afraid to present the application of electrotherapy.

• not have low back pain in last three months.

• not to be injured

Exclusion Criteria:

• children who have acute muscle injury or ligamentous.

• children with recent fractures or unconsolidated.

• children with ligamentous laxity.

• functional shortening suffering children

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscular Diseases

Intervention

Procedure:
• Active stretching
The participants performed three specific exercises of static active stretching of the hamstring muscles, maintaining the maximum tightness that was tolerable without pain for 15 seconds. Each exercise were performed twice, with a total of six repetitions.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche	San Juan de Alicante	Alicante

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rodríguez, Francisco Piqueras, M.D.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Range of motion		a week	Yes