Clinical trial NCT06298903: Impact of Hip Activation Compared to Hip Plus Balance Training on the Forward-Step-Down Test
Official title: The Effect of a Hip Activation Home Exercise Program (HEP) Compared to a Hip Activation + Single Leg Balance HEP on the Forward Step-Down Test in Healthy Females
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Control of Frontal Plane Biomechanics
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Lead sponsor: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-07
Enrollment: 34
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of a hip activation home exercise program (HEP) compared to a hip activation + single leg balance HEP on performance of the Forward-Step-Down Test (FSDT) in healthy females. Participants will be assigned to the control (hip activation HEP only) or experimental (hip activation + single leg balance HEP). Following the pre-test data collection, participants will complete their HEP for 8 weeks. They will return to the lab for post-test measurements.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* first or second year students at the institutions's School of Allied Health Professions
* healthy
* female

Exclusion Criteria:

* participating in another research study
* current knee pain or pathology on the dominant leg
* known diagnosis of vestibular impairment
* known pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Forward-Step-Down Test
timeFrame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: surface electromyography (sEMG) peak
timeFrame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)
measure: surface electromyography (sEMG) mean
timeFrame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)
measure: Unipedal Stance Test (UPST)
timeFrame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)
measure: Dose-Response
timeFrame: post-intervention (8 weeks)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: LSUHSC-Shreveport
state: Louisiana
Study officials:
affiliation: LSUHSC-Shreveport
name: Erin McCallister, DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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