Trunk Extension Endurance Among Physical Therapy Students

NCT ID: NCT03107676

Last Updated: 2020-05-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 52 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-02-20
• Study Completion Date: 2017-12-31

Brief Summary

College students from physical therapy department will be assigned into four groups. Participants will be tested for trunk extensors endurance and will be given endurance training program to do at home for 6 to 8 weeks. Spinal mobility and lower extremity mobility will be measured. Isokinetic outcome measures for extension and flexion at two different speeds will also be measured at baseline, after 6 and 8 weeks.

Detailed Description

Active physical therapy students who are healthy and free from any significant pain at the spine will be recruited to participate in intervention endurance training. Participants will be assigned into four equal groups; doing trunk extension form lying on stomach while breathing normally and arching trunk backwards as long as tolerated. Group one will have arms above head, group two will have hands behind head, group three will have hands parallel to the trunk, and group four will receive instructions only and will act as control group. Spinal mobility of forward bending, backwards bending, right and left side bending will be taken. Straight leg raising and quadriceps flexibility will also be taken. Isokinetic measurements including peak torque, peak torque/body weight, average peak torque, work and average power will be taken at baseline, 6 and 8 weeks. Participants will have a training volume of 2 sets of 10 repetitions, 2 minutes rest in between, 2x/day for 6 to 8 weeks. Endurance timing will be measured in seconds using stop watch. If participant managed to maintain the trunk extension position for 4 minutes, time is recorded and it is considered as ceiling time.

Conditions

Spine Injury

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

trunk endurance with hands above head

participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands above head.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

trunk extensors endurance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

endurance training

trunk endurance with hands behind head

participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands behind head.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

trunk extensors endurance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

endurance training

trunk endurance with hands parallel

participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands parallel to the trunk.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

trunk extensors endurance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

endurance training

trunk endurance with no intervention

participants will be tested for trunk extensors endurance with having hands on chest but no intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

trunk extensors endurance training

endurance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

trunk endurance

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Active college student free from any spinal pain or pain 3/10 on pain intensity numeric pain rating scale, willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• have had spinal surgery or pain at the spine more than 3/10 on pain intensity numeric pain rating scale.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Taibah University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Tarek Mohamed El-gohary

Assistant professor doctor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Tarek M El-gohary, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taibah University

Locations

College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences

Al Madīnah, , Saudi Arabia

Countries

Saudi Arabia

References

Ibrahim Abd Elkader SM, Yehia Al-Shenqiti AM, Fathi El-Gohary TM. Trunk extensors endurance with arms parallel to the trunk is superior to other arms positions: Randomized controlled trial. J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Feb;72(2):222-227. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.496.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35320165 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

CMR-PT-2017-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id