Effects of Warm up in Athletes With Previous Hamstring Injury

University of Extremadura62 enrolled

Overview

The objectives of this study is to determine the immediate and 10 minutes follow-up effects of a warm-up based on a continous run on a treadmill or the application of a hot-pack in athletes with previous hamstring injury. The investigators have as an hypothesis that the subjects, after one of this interventions show statistically significant improvements in the measurements of pain, flexibility, proprioception and postural control

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Previous Hamstring Injury

Interventions

Warm UpOTHER

Run on a treadmill during 10 minutes without fatigue of the participant after this time.

Hot PackOTHER

20 minutes of hot-pack on both hamstring

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 27 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * To be 18-27 years old * To do sports as a minimum of 5 hours per week. * To have done sport in the last 2 years * Have a hamstring flexibility of ≤80º on Kendall test * Diagnosed hamstring injury the last year Exclusion Criteria: * To take drugs that alter the motor o postural control * To do a program of stretching of the hamstring * To have lumbar pain * Recent abdominal or spinal surgery intervention

Locations (1)

Universidad de Extremadura

Badajoz, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Range of movement

degrees

Time frame: Changes from baseline at immediately after and at 10 minutes after the intervention

Pain

Visual Analogue Scale. From 0 (not pain) to 10 (maximum pain in the world)

Time frame: Changes from baseline at immediately after and at 10 minutes after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Pressure pain threshold (PPT)

Measurement of the pressure (kg/cm2) with an algometer

Time frame: Changes from baseline at immediately after and at 10 minutes after the intervention

Joint Position Sense

Degrees

Time frame: Changes from baseline at immediately after and at 10 minutes after the intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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