To study efficacy of focus extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the flexibility of hamstring muscles in healthy subjects
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
124
F-EWST with 0.15 mJ/mm2 intensity and 6 Hz frequency for 3 weeks. The shocking head was placed at the muscle positions of the long head of the bicep femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus for 1,000, 500, and 500 shocks, respectively, accounting for 2,000 shocks in total/ session/week.
The leaflet on hamstring stretching exercises (in a sitting posture)
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Bangkok, Thailand
Passive knee extension test
The clinician extends the knee until reaching the maximal tolerable stretch of the hamstring muscle as indicated by the patient with the ipsilateral hip remaining in 90 of flexion. The knee angle is then measured with a goniometer
Time frame: Immediately after every F-ESWT treatment, for 3sessions
Back-saver sit-and-reach test (BSSR)
Time frame: Immediately after every F-ESWT treatment, for 3sessions
Sit and reach test (SRT)
Time frame: Immediately after every F-ESWT treatment, for 3sessions
Toe touch test (TT)
Time frame: Immediately after every F-ESWT treatment, for 3sessions
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