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Optimising Hip Mobility, Hamstring Flexibility and Performance Using Lightback

ConditionInjury;Sports
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversidad Católica de Ávila

About this trial

In athletics, in the sprint and hurdles disciplines, muscle injuries account for a significant proportion of injuries. The hamstrings are particularly vulnerable, accounting for between 12% and 26% of all injuries in these sports. A single-blind study was conducted on 20 hurdler patients with the intention of assessing hip mobility, hamstring flexibility and performance. To collect this data, the research team will conduct examinations and interviews with the athletes in two groups: an experimental group using LightBack and a placebo group.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Sprinters and hurdlers aged 18 to 30 years.

No history of recent (less than 6 months) hamstring or hip injury.

Signed informed consent.

Disqualifiers

Cruciate or hamstring tears less than 6 months old;

Hip and back surgery less than 3 months old;

Chronic or acute back problems;

Pregnancy;

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • LIGHTBACK

    Device

    This group will perform a standard 20-minute warm-up, and the LIGHTBACK protocol is also included.

  • Placebo

    Device

    This group will perform a standard 20-minute warm-up, but the LIGHTBACK protocol is not included and a similar placebo is used.

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: LIGHTBACK GropuExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo GroupPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

hip mobility

measurement of hip mobility measured by goniometry

Time frame
5 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

hamstring flexibility

hamstring flexibility measured with inclinometer, in degrees

Time frame
5 weeks
2

performance

It is a numerical result achieved within the jumping tests: contamovement jump (CMJ): It shall be measured using a force platform with an HD system, which ensures accurate data collection. 0 minimum, 100 maximum.

Time frame
5 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Universidad Católica de Ávila

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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