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Calf Muscle Contraction During Walking

NCT06450002 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2024-06-10

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Summary

Walking is the most familiar form of exercise, the calf muscle plays an important role in the stance phase of the normal gait cycle of gait. The relative contribution of the calf muscle to the total positive work of the lower extremities during walking is approximately 51% and 73% in the elderly and younger people respectively. This study will explore the different types of calf muscle activation during normal gait cycle based on the previous literature and will introduce a new proposition in the biomechanics of calf muscle contraction..Also, this study will address the role of this muscle during gait and the effects of calf muscle weakness on the lumbar spine.

Conditions

  • Calf Muscle Pulled

Interventions

OTHER

physical therapy

Tens and Hot packs for 20 minutes, ultrasound for 5 minutes on the back and back exercise in form of bridging exercise and core stability exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Noha Khaled Shoukry

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-14
Completion
2024-04-14

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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