Clinical trial NCT06240013: Acute Effects of Foam Rolling and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching
Official title: Acute Effects of Foam Rolling and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching During Warm-Up on Muscle Flexibility, Strength and Pain Threshold in Amateur Athletes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Athletes
Keywords: Muscle Stretching Exercises
Pain Threshold
Range of Motion, Articular
Muscle Strength
Lead sponsor: Acibadem University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
First posted: 2024-02-02
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The hamstring muscle is one of the key elements in rehabilitation programs and sports activities that enable the restoration of optimal muscle length. Decreased flexibility in the hamstring muscle may disrupt the biomechanics of the waist and pelvis, leading to low back pain or musculoskeletal disorders.

This study aims to investigate the acute effects of foam rolling and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching during warm-up on muscle flexibility, strength, and pain threshold in amateur athletes. According to our research, there is no study in this field in the literature.

H1: There is a difference between the acute effects of foam rolling exercise and PNF stretching exercise on muscle flexibility during warm-up in amateur athletes.

H2: There is a difference between the effects of foam rolling and PNF stretching exercises used as warm-up exercises on muscle strength.

H3: Foam rolling and PNF stretching exercises applied to the Hamstring muscle as a warm-up exercise make a difference in the pain threshold of the lumbar region and Hamstring muscle.

Detailed description: Stretching techniques used in athletes are frequently and widely used due to many effects such as changing range of motion, comfortable movement maintenance, and removal. There is no consensus in the literature on which of the static, dynamic, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching techniques is most effective, as opposed to the types of stretching for flexibility. There is no clear benefit of different stretching techniques to muscle performance. Accordingly, in the literature, it is seen that proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching techniques show a greater increase in joint range of motion compared to other stretching techniques.

Recently, the use of foam rolling has become widely used in sports applications due to similar effects seen in stretching and the hypothesized presence of a curative effect on muscle performance. There is not enough research on the extent of foam rolling during warm-up exercises to increase flexibility and muscle strength.

The hamstring muscle is one of the key elements in harmonious programs and sports activities that ensure the restoration of optimal muscle length. The emergence of the output in the hamstring muscle may disrupt the biomechanics of the waist and pelvis, causing low back pain or musculoskeletal disorders.

This study aims to investigate the acute effects of foam rolling and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on muscle input, strength, and pain intensity during nutrition in amateur athletes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being between the ages of 18-30
* Being an amateur athlete

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hypermobility
* History of hamstring injury in the last 6 months
* Diagnosed orthopedic problems
* Surgery in the lower extremity or spine
* Back pain
* Presence of systemic or neurological disorders

Primary outcomes:
measure: Hamstring Flexibility
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention
measure: Hamstring Muscle Strength
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention
measure: Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Lower Extremity Muscle Strength
timeFrame: Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Acibadem University
state: None Selected
Study officials:
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Elif E Safran, asst. prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Hayri E Yılmaz
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Birce B Çelik
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Mahmut E Bükülmez
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Eren Çekiç
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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