Association between health care students lower limb muscular flexibility and their ability to stand up from the ground

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Hamstring tightness

• Registration Number: CTRI/2025/03/083058
• Lead Sponsor: Tanvi Jain

Brief Summary

Once subject is recruited according to inclusion criteria then hamstring muscles tightness of the subject will be assessed using Active Knee Extension Test and then Sitting-Rising Test will be taken to check the flexibility of lower limb muscles. Then the flexibility of lower limb muscles with the ability to get up from the floor in health care students will be correlated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-20
• Study Start: 2025-09-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Health care students having hamstring tightness.

Exclusion Criteria

• Acute or chronic musculoskeletal conditions ( more than 3 months) or history of musculoskeletal conditions that would affect extensibility of hamstring group of muscles.
• Any neurological, cardio respiratory and psychological conditions that would affect the ability to get up from the floor.
• Those regularly competing in sports event.
• Chronic low back, hip, knee, ankle pain more than 1 year.
• Those who are not comfortable or do not have habit of sitting on the floor.
• Those who are obese (i.e. BMI more than 27 or higher).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scores of SRT using Sitting-Rising Test	one time at the day of evaluation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Degree of knee ranges using Active Knee Extension Test	one time at the day of evaluation

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

college of Physiotherapy Sumandeep VIdyapeeth deemed to b university; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

college of Pharmacy; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Deparment of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

K.M Shah Dental College & Hospital; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Smt B.K Shah Medical Institute & Research Centre; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Sumandeep Ayurved Medicalll College & Hospital; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Sumandeep Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Sumandeep Nursing College; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

college of Physiotherapy Sumandeep VIdyapeeth deemed to b university

🇮🇳Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Tanvi Jain

Principal investigator

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tanvijain0409@gmail.com