Clinical trial NCT06466239: PNF Method for Those Working in Special Education
Official title: Acute Effect of Self-PNF Stretching on Chest Mobility, Posterior Muscle Chain Mobility and Respiratory Functions in Caregivers of Children With Developmental Delays
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Caregiver Burden
Keywords: maintenance burden
PNF technique
rehabilitation worker
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Istanbul Gedik University
First posted: 2024-06-20
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the study was to examine the acute effect of self-proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching on chest mobility, posterior muscle chain mobility and respiratory functions in caregivers of children with developmental delays. In the study: 1. Does self-PNF stretching have an effect on chest mobility and posterior muscle chain mobility in caregivers of children with developmental delay? 2. Does self-PNF stretching have an effect on respiratory functions in caregivers of children with developmental delays? The questions were answered.

Detailed description: A cross-over randomized controlled study was designed with 30 caregivers of children with developmental disabilities. Using the online randomization method, caregivers were first assigned to either the PNF stretching group or the static stretching group. Before and after the application, rib cage mobility was evaluated by chest circumference measurement, hamstring muscle mobility by popliteal angle measurement, lumbar region mobility by Schober Test, posterior muscle chain mobility by Finger-Floor Distance Measurement Test, and respiratory functions by Respiratory Function Test. The caregiver, who entered a 1-day cleansing period, repeated the evaluation and technique application with the stretching technique that was not applied the next day.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering to participate in the study
* No history of infection or flare in the previous 4 weeks
* Participants who have not been included in another clinical trial in the last month
* Those whose knee flexion angle is 15 degrees and above in the hamstring muscle shortness test

Exclusion Criteria:

* Vestibular disorders, participants with known balance impairment within the past three months due to concussion
* Those with musculoskeletal system problems in their lower extremities
* Those who had lower extremity and thorax surgery in the last year
* Those with metabolic diseases

Primary outcomes:
measure: Chest Mobility Measurement 1- Axillary region
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: Chest Mobility Measurement 2- Xiphoid region
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: Chest Mobility Measurement 3- Subcostal region
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Popliteal Angle Measurement
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: Schober Test
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: Posterior muscle chain mobility measurement
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: FVC Measurement
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
measure: FEV1 Measurement
timeFrame: Duration of change in 1 day.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Yalova
country: Turkey
facility: Ebrar Atak
Study officials:
References:
citation: Reiner M, Tilp M, Guilhem G, Morales-Artacho A, Nakamura M, Konrad A. Effects of a Single Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Exercise With and Without Post-stretching Activation on the Muscle Function and Mechanical Properties of the Plantar Flexor Muscles. Front Physiol. 2021 Sep 14;12:732654. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.732654. eCollection 2021.