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Evaluation of Passive Stretching in the Hamstrings Flexibility

NCT01990417 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2013-11-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The present study aimed to analyze the influence of passive stretching before and after strength training on flexibility of the hamstrings in people who work out

Conditions

  • Students
  • Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

OTHER

Passive stretching

Passive stretching of the hamstrings was performed only once, lasting 30 seconds, and initiated on the right leg. Participants were in supine position with head, trunk and arms aligned along the body. The researcher remained ipsilateral to the subject´s leg being stretched and applied external force to the limit tolerated by the participant. The researcher performed a hip flexion, knee extension, and dorsiflexion of the ankle while the opposite leg remained extended on the ground.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fortaleza University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Paula V Abdon, PhD · University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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