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Effects of Stretching on Strength of Proximal and Distal Group of Muscles - A Comparative Study

NCT04453644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2020-07-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Muscular flexibility is believed to prevent injuries and improve movement therefore most coaches include stretching exercises in their pre-competition and pre-exercise warm-up routines. One question arises here, should sports persons avoid stretching exercises prior to sporting events thereby exposing themselves to musculoskeletal injuries, or should they continue stretching exercises prior to sporting events and risk losing the maximal performance? The aim of this study is to compare the effects of 2, 4, and 8 min of static stretching (SS) on isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVCF) force between proximal (Hamstrings) and distal group (Calf) of muscles.

Conditions

  • STRETCHING

Interventions

OTHER

Muscle static stretching

On day-I: Static Stretching done for 2 minutes (SS2), on day-II: Static Stretching done for 4 minutes (SS4), and on day-III: Static Stretching done for 8 minutes (SS8).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Saud University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-23
Primary Completion
2019-07-17
Completion
2019-09-05

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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