Comparison of Two Techniques for Maintaining Range of Motion

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: stretching on whole body vibration; Other: strength training

• Registration Number: NCT05154110
• Lead Sponsor: Bahria University

Brief Summary

Flexibility is a measurable physical capacity considered a key component of physical fitness. Poor flexibility is usually attributed to excessive tension exerted by the antagonist muscles of the movement and supported by weak scientific evidence, static stretching is considered as the most effective intervention in the promotion of muscle extensibility, in attempting to improve mobility.

Detailed Description

Flexibility is a measurable physical capacity considered as a key component of physical fitness thereby contributing to the health and performance of joints and the musculoskeletal system. In recent years, there has been increasing evidence that muscle weakness is a major factor behind reduced mobility. Consequently, training muscle contractility is likely to improve mobility . Regardless of terminology and of the quality of supporting evidence, stretching emerges as an intervention that elongates the tissues in attempting to improve mobility . Shortening lengthens the tissue on two out of three axes, while stretching only lengthens the tissue on one axis out of three . All training, including movement, is, by definition, training of shortening and stretching cycles (SSCs). Ergo, resistance training is also, inherently, one way to elongate . Strength training is an active, voluntary, dynamic form of stretching. Indeed, strength training is dynamic stretching. Often, strength training is performed against external resistances, but this is not mandatory. Moreover, strength training has been shown to improve mobility in sedentary adults , .

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-09
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-10
• Study Start: 2022-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-20
• Study Completion: 2022-03-30
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• Both male and female
• Age between 18-25
• Recreationally active individuals (all kind of sports, gym, and outdoor leisure activities)

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals with any physiological or pathological problem
• Older age individuals
• Individuals that had hamstring injury in past 6 months
• Individuals that had quadriceps injury in past 6 months
• Individuals that had any lower limb injury in past 6 months
• Individuals involved in any other studies.
• Individuals involved in other WBV related study.
• Sedentary lifestyle individuals

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
whole body vibration stretching group	stretching on whole body vibration	the group will receive stretching on whole-body vibration
strength training group	strength training	the group will receive strength training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in hamstring range of motion	measurements will be recoded at baseline and end of 4th week	pre and post-change in hamstring range of motion will be assessed using a universal goniometer
maintenance of change in hamstring range of motion	measurements will be recorded after 15 days of protocol termination	hamstring range of motion will be reassessed after 15 days using a universal goniometer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seyyada Tahniat Ali; 🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan