Assessment of Thigh Muscle After a Stretching Program

Assessment of Muscle Architecture and Tendon After Chronic Stretching Program Clinical Trial

Official title:

BICEPS FEMORIS AND VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE AFTER A CHRONIC STRETCHING PROGRAM

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01820351
• Other study ID #: Ethics Committee 023/11
• Secondary ID: Ethics Committee
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 25, 2013
• Last updated: March 25, 2013
• Start date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: March 2013
• Source: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish, through ultrasound, measurements of the thigh muscles (Biceps Femoris and Vastus Lateralis)and the chronic effects of a static stretching program on the muscle-tendon unit these muscles.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. primary completion date: November 2011
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 17 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• physically active male volunteers

• soldiers of the Army School of Physical Education of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• young men

Exclusion Criteria:

• any musculoskeletal disorder in the lower limbs

• neurological or cardiovascular disease experienced previous to or reported during the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Assessment of Muscle Architecture and Tendon After Chronic Stretching Program

Intervention

Other:
• static stretching exercise on 3 times a week during 8 weeks. Sets number: three of 30 seconds with intervals of equal duration

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	School of Physical Education of Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of Thigh Muscle After a Stretching Program		after 8 weeks that static stretching protocol was applied