Does a Hip Muscle Activation Home Exercise Program Change Patient Performance on the Forward Step-Down Test? A Single-Arm Clinical Trail
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 35
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Scores on the Forward Step Down Test
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine if activation training of the hip musculature affects muscle activation and frontal plane mechanics in healthy individuals.
Specific Aim 1: Determine whether performance on the forward step-down test (FSDT) changes after an eight-week home exercise program (HEP) focused on hip musculature activation in healthy individuals.
Specific Aim 2: Determine whether surface electromyography (sEMG) hip musculature changes following an eight-week HEP focused on hip musculature activation in healthy individuals.
Specific Aim 3: Determine whether a dose-response relationship exists between compliance on the HEP and changes in FSDT scores in healthy individuals.
Specific Aim 4: Determine whether a dose-response relationship exists between compliance on the HEP and sEMG changes in hip musculature activation in healthy individuals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants must be current first or second year Doctor of Physical Therapy students in the School of Allied Health Professions at LSU Health Shreveport.
排除标准
- •Current knee pain or pathology in the dominant leg, and women with known pregnancy.
研究组 & 干预措施
Arm 1
Participants will undergo lower extremity movement assessment on the Forward Step Down Test before and after a home exercise program (HEP) consisting of five hip activation exercises. These exercises will be performed 2x/week for 8 weeks. Surface EMG of the gluteus maximus and medius, in addition to tracking of participant compliance on the HEP program will also be assessed pre- and post-intervention.
干预措施: Hip muscle activation home exercise program (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Scores on the Forward Step Down Test
时间窗: Pre- and Post- Intervention Program (8 weeks)
Participants will perform the Forward Step Down Test pre- and post-intervention, while being score by two investigators simultaneously.
次要结局
- Surface electromyography (sEMG) - Gluteus Maximus(Pre- and Post- Intervention Program (8 weeks))
- Surface electromyography (sEMG) - Gluteus Medius(Pre- and Post- Intervention Program (8 weeks))
- Home Exercise Program (HEP) Compliance(Pre- and Post- Intervention Program (8 weeks))
研究者
Daniel W. Flowers
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport