Status:

COMPLETED

Time-based Effects of Stretching on Hamstrings Muscle Strength

Lead Sponsor:

King Saud University

Conditions:

Stretch

Eligibility:

All Genders

24-30 years

Phase:

NA

Brief 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 (immediat...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVE: 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 ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subjects used to engage in 1 to 5 hours of physical activity per week. They were not doing stretching exercises regularly.

Exclusion

  • Subjects having any current injury specific to lower limb joints or current neuromuscular disease were excluded from the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 30 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 15 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

14 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04448288

Start Date

January 30 2019

End Date

April 15 2019

Last Update

June 25 2020

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King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11433