The Effect of a Hip Activation Home Exercise Program (HEP) Compared to a Hip Activation + Single Leg Balance HEP on the Forward Step-Down Test in Healthy Females
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Control of Frontal Plane Biomechanics
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
- Enrollment
- 34
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Forward-Step-Down Test
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of a hip activation home exercise program (HEP) compared to a hip activation + single leg balance HEP on performance of the Forward-Step-Down Test (FSDT) in healthy females. Participants will be assigned to the control (hip activation HEP only) or experimental (hip activation + single leg balance HEP). Following the pre-test data collection, participants will complete their HEP for 8 weeks. They will return to the lab for post-test measurements.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •first or second year students at the institutions's School of Allied Health Professions
Exclusion Criteria
- •participating in another research study
- •current knee pain or pathology on the dominant leg
- •known diagnosis of vestibular impairment
- •known pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Forward-Step-Down Test
Time Frame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)
a step-down task that is performed off a 20 cm box. Five repetitions are performed to give one score (minimum score 0, maximum score 6). A higher score is worse.
Secondary Outcomes
- surface electromyography (sEMG) mean(pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks))
- Dose-Response(post-intervention (8 weeks))
- Unipedal Stance Test (UPST)(pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks))
- surface electromyography (sEMG) peak(pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks))