Mechanical force transmission across the posterior knee following electrically-evoked muscle contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- healthy participantts
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031438
- Lead Sponsor
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt; Institut für Sportwissenschaften; Abteilung für Sportmedizin und Leistungsphysiologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
Voluntary participation and consent; understanding of the nature, scope, significance and consequences of the investigation (full legal capacity)
Exclusion Criteria
Skin allergies, especially to ultrasound gel; history of leg surgery; acute medication that may interfere with pain perception; delayed onset muscle soreness; acute injury or serious illness (cardiovascular/pulmonary/renal dysfunction, neurologic/psychiatric disease, advanced degenerative musculoskeletal disease, sports injury not fully healed) that affects quality of life or physical performance; acute inflammation; pregnancy/breastfeeding.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After acquiring data in the form of ultrasound videos, the displacement of the soft tissue of the posterior thigh is calculated in centimeters using Matlab-based correlation analysis software.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Soft tissue displacement is compared between intervention (arm 1) and control (arm 2).