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Hamstring Viscoelasticity and Low Back Pain

NCT05939609 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-01-30

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Summary

Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent issue among adolescent rowers, particularly males aged 14 to 16 years, with a high lifetime prevalence (94%) and point prevalence (65%). One of the mechanisms of lower back pain in rowing athletes is about the elasticity, stiffness and tone of the hamstring muscle.

Current literature shows that stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and kinesiotaping affects hamstring viscoelasticity in various ways. Stretching exercises affect hamstring muscle tone and elasticity, strengthening exercises affect muscle stiffness and kinesiotaping affects muscle tone. While the effects of each of these interventions on viscoelastic properties individually are examined in the literature, studies comparing the effects of changes in viscoelastic properties caused by these interventions on low back pain, athletic disability index and athletic performance in rowers and their superiority among each other are lacking.

The goal of this study is to change the viscoelasticity of the hamstring muscles and examine its effect on low back pain, disability index and athletic performance.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Athletic Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Ballistic Stretching Exercise

It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.

OTHER

Extender Exercise

It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.

OTHER

Kinesiotaping

It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Yeditepe University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Istanbul Nisantasi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Onur Atakan Sekibağ, MSc · Istanbul Nisantasi University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-01
Primary Completion
2024-02-01
Completion
2024-05-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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