Differents Intensities of Passive Stretching on ROM, Neuromuscular and Performance in Soccer Players: A Blinded RCT

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-09

Study Completion Date

2017-11-30

Brief Summary

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Intensity is a "qualitative" variable of a muscle stretching protocol, which is very little studied due to its inherent characteristic of the individual being stretched. However, it was pointed out as an important factor for ADM gain. To verify the effects of different intensities of static passive stretching on flexibility, neuromuscular and functional performance in soccer athletes.

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Detailed Description

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It is a randomized, controlled, clinical trial, composed of male subjects, soccer players, randomly divided into 4 groups: Control Group (CG), Experimental Group 1 (GE1), Experimental Group 2 (GE2) And Experimental Group 3 (GE3). Initially, the measurements of flexibility (passive and active), neuromuscular (muscular passive torque, electromyographic activity), and functional (vertical jump and shuttle run test) of non-dominant lower limbs, performed before and immediately after the 1st And 48 hours after the last session. The GC will only be submitted for initial evaluation and final re-evaluation. The experimental groups will undergo a protocol of static passive stretching containing 10 sessions, divided into 3 weekly sessions, with 3 maneuvers of 30 s, but with different intensities (Tolerable Maximum Pain, Maximum No Pain Discomfort, and Stretching Sensation Without Discomfort) Established from a PERFLEX-modified visual scale. Groups with higher static passive stretching intensities (Maximum Tolerable Pain and Maximum Painless Discomfort) are expected to have greater gains in flexibility, with no change in muscle passive torque, electromyographic activity and functional performance, while the intensity of Feeling of Stretching without Discomfort (in a comfort zone) provides a greater decrease of the muscular passive torque, without significant change of the flexibility, in individual athletes of soccer. This work may contribute to the clinical practice of health professionals, since it seeks to improve the elaboration of the clinical prescription of protocols of static passive stretching (whether performed by the individual or not), establishing optimal levels of intensity for a given muscle group.

Conditions

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Contracture of Muscle, Thigh Muscle Rigidity Strain of Hamstring Muscle (Disorder)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

The randomization process of the sample will be carried out through the electronic website http://www.randomization.com, carried out by a subject external to the experimental and evaluation procedures. With this data, the site will generate a specific coding for each group and will randomly distribute the subjects into four groups: Control Group (GC), Experiment Group 1 (GE1), Experiment Group (GE2) and Experiment Group 3 (GE3).

The distribution will be kept in an opaque and sealed envelope, being revealed only to P2 only at the time of intervention. The P1, who will carry out the measurements, will not know to which group the individual belongs. To maintain the "blinding" procedure of the study, each individual at the time of intervention will spend 10 minutes in the intervention room (being 4 minutes for preparation and 6 minutes for intervention) and each group will have a corresponding color for the convenience of P2 White, blue, green and yellow).

Study Groups

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Control Group

The subjects of the CG will receive the same orientations of the other groups in relation to the importance of the routines of stretching activities, but during the study period, they will not be able to perform stretches during their day to day life.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental Group 1

The experimental group 1 will have the sensation of "SENSATION SENSING WITHOUT DESCONFORT" as an intensity for the application of the passive stretch protocol.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Passive static stretch

Intervention Type OTHER

Each experimental group will be submitted to 10 (ten) sessions, with three (3) weekly sessions of static passive stretching, with a 48 h interval between them. Each session will be performed 3 (three) maneuvers containing a duration of 30 seconds, this being the same rest time, performed in all experimental groups.

Experimental Group 2

The GE2 will have the feeling of "MAXIMUM DISORDER WITHOUT PAIN" as the as an intensity for the application of the passive stretch protocol.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Passive static stretch

Intervention Type OTHER

Each experimental group will be submitted to 10 (ten) sessions, with three (3) weekly sessions of static passive stretching, with a 48 h interval between them. Each session will be performed 3 (three) maneuvers containing a duration of 30 seconds, this being the same rest time, performed in all experimental groups.

Experimental Group 3

GE3 will have the sensation of "MAXIMUM TOLERABLE PAIN" as the as an intensity for the application of the passive stretch protocol.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Passive static stretch

Intervention Type OTHER

Each experimental group will be submitted to 10 (ten) sessions, with three (3) weekly sessions of static passive stretching, with a 48 h interval between them. Each session will be performed 3 (three) maneuvers containing a duration of 30 seconds, this being the same rest time, performed in all experimental groups.

Interventions

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Passive static stretch

Each experimental group will be submitted to 10 (ten) sessions, with three (3) weekly sessions of static passive stretching, with a 48 h interval between them. Each session will be performed 3 (three) maneuvers containing a duration of 30 seconds, this being the same rest time, performed in all experimental groups.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* (1) being male; (2) age range between 18 and 35 years of age; (3) Body Mass Index (BMI) between 19 and 27; (4) be a soccer player with 4 to 5x weekly training; (5) not participating in lower limb stretching programs; (6) no history of injury, trauma, previous surgeries and lower limb disease in the last 6 months; (7) absence of musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and neurological disorders that prevent the accomplishment of evaluation and treatment protocols; (8) not under the action of drugs that cause muscle relaxation or that may inhibit tonic muscle action (9) present a limitation of WMD (muscular shortening degree) with ischiatibial extensibility of less than 165 degrees of active extension of the knee with the hip Flexed at 90 °.

Exclusion Criteria

* (1) initiate stretching practice involving LLLs in daily activities outside the collection site during the study period; (2) not performing any of the evaluation and / or intervention procedures; (3) discontinuance in participating in the research.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes