Clinical trial NCT03350880: Stretching Isquiotibials in Water and on Land in Healthy Adutls
Official title: Effects of Stretching Isquiotibials in Water and on Land in Healthy Adutls for Flexibility: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Muscle Relaxation
Keywords: Passive
Stretching
Water
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal do vale do São Francisco
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-11-22
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized Clinical Trial
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Comparison of therapeutic intervention to gain range of motion at the hip joint within therapeutic in water and on land. Stretching is a therapeutic maneuver used to increase the length of shortened soft tissue structures and thereby gain range of motion; for that, innumerable procedures within Physiotherapy use it for the benefit of patients. The work in question is justified by the need to seek the means that can promote a better performance in the application of the stretching procedure, called Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, in a universe of pre-selected volunteers. It is a relevant and feasible study, hoping that its results may benefit future patients, with better results and faster responses. What is the medium that leads to better results in a program using the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique? Hypotheses: a - Probably the heated aquatic environment, in a range of 32 ° to 36 ° C, will promote a better result, since the heat increases the collagen's distensibility. b - Perhaps the heat, by increasing the excitability threshold of nerve fibers, triggers the "protective reflex" later, which may promote a more vigorous elongation without the protective response. c - Possibly the relaxation promoted in the aquatic environment, could influence the gains obtained in the swimming pool.

Detailed description: Comparison of therapeutic intervention to gain range of motion at the hip joint within therapeutic in water and on land.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age between 18 and 60 years;
* sedentary and who did not perform physiotherapy and physical activity in the last three months;
* clinical and cognitive conditions for swimming pool activities and aerobic exercise; who have not undergone highly complex surgical procedures in the last six months;
* to be able of walking without help equipment and without musculoskeletal or skeletal diseases;
* without contraindications to the practice of exercises; such as: urinary and / or fecal incontinence and dermatological diseases;
* below obesity II with BMI \<40.

Exclusion Criteria:

* if they have up to three consecutive fouls during the hydrogymnastics period;
* if they present any adverse effects, such as: allergy or any dermatitis;
* unable to continue the study due to change of address or hospitalization.

Primary outcomes:
measure: range of motion
timeFrame: six weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: sit and reach test
timeFrame: six weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Petrolina
country: Brazil
facility: Physical Education College
state: Pernambuco
Study officials:
References:
citation: Ribeiro, Hálisson Alves, et al.