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Time-based Effects of Stretching on Hamstrings Muscle Strength

NCT04448288 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2020-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stretching is reported to have detrimental effects on strength and thus avoided prior to strength training session. Do stretching indeed decreases muscle strength? To examine the time course (immediate, 10- and 20-min post stretching) for the effects of 2, 4, and 8 min long duration of static-stretching (SS) on isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) force of hamstring muscles.

Conditions

  • Stretch

Interventions

OTHER

Static stretching

Static stretchings were performed by subjects that involved varied repetitions of 30-s static-stretches and 20-s relax period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Saud University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Masood Khan, MPTh · Rehabilitation research chair

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
24 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-30
Primary Completion
2019-04-15
Completion
2019-04-15

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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