Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation on Hamstring Flexibility in Healthy Adults

NCT ID: NCT05083533

Last Updated: 2022-04-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-08-04
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-15

Brief Summary

the investigators aim is the effectiveness of the tele-rehabilitation exercise program and home exercise program applied to sedentary adults with has shortness of hamstring muscle group

Detailed Description

The hamstring muscle group is posterior to the femur and consists of three separate muscles. Biceps femoris long and short head, semitendinosus and semimembranosus.

Hamstring muscle group; proximally, except for the short head of the biceps femoris, the long head of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles originate from the tuber ischiadicum. Distally, it forms the superolateral (biceps femoris) and superomedial (semimembranosus and semitendinosus) borders of the popliteal fossa. The hamstring muscle group is a biarticular complex that crosses the femoroacetabular and tibiofemoral joints.

The biceps femoris short head is non-biarticular as it originates laterally from the femoral linea aspera distal to the femoroacetabular joint. The main functions of the hamstring muscles are to extend the thigh and flex the knee.

Flexibility is the ability of the joints to move within the range of motion they should be.

Having sufficient flexibility of the hamstring muscle group is an important parameter for an individual to have good body biomechanics and thus a healthy posture in daily life.

Since each individual has a different body biomechanical arrangement, the hamstring muscle group is also of different lengths for each individual. In order to increase the flexibility of a muscle, stretching exercises, which constitute an important part of rehabilitation, are used in the literature and scientific books. Stretching exercises; It is a type of exercise that is frequently preferred in individuals with muscle shortness in order to reduce shortness of muscles, improve flexibility and increase the quality of movement in daily activities of the individual. It is known that the muscle-tendon complex is the structure most affected by stretching exercises. It is stated that this increase in the range of motion of the joint is increased as a result of stretching exercises, and the reason for this increase is due to the characteristics of the static (viscosity and elasticity) and dynamic (neural reflex) components of the connective tissue in the muscle-tendon complex.

While many stretching techniques are used in physiotherapy clinics, static stretching exercises are a frequently used technique due to its ease of application and reliability.

Static stretching exercises; It is the position of lengthening the muscle and holding the muscle at the last tolerable length. Active static stretching exercise is a type of stretching based on voluntary contraction of the antagonist muscle. Studies have shown that active static stretching is more effective in increasing flexibility compared to passive static stretching.

Tele-rehabilitation applications; It is a low-cost, sustainable treatment approach with therapeutic potential the same as standard treatments.

Conditions

Exercise

Study Design

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

Study Groups

tele-rehabilitation

For the tele-rehabilitation online group, hamstring stretching exercises were performed with cameras and mutually via online applications.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

tele-rehabilitation exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Telerehabilitation allows patients to interact with providers remotely and can be used both to assess patients and to deliver therapy. Treatment program planned to stretch the muscles of individuals with short hamstring muscle group.

Stretching exercises for hamstring muscle group shortening were applied 4 days a week, which lasted for 8 weeks in total. For the first four weeks, 3 different stretching exercises per day were planned and performed as 10 seconds of stretching and 5 repetitions. For the last four weeks, 4 different stretching exercises were planned per day and performed with 20 seconds of stretching and 10 repetitions.

home exercise

The home exercise group, the exercises were conveyed in the form of a brochure, in written form, on the necessary information. It was recorded how many days the home exercise group did the exercises on a weekly basis.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Home exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

All participants received home exercise for 8 weeks. The exercise program includes stretching exercises Stretching exercises for hamstring muscle group shortening were applied 4 days a week, which lasted for 8 weeks in total. For the first four weeks, 3 different stretching exercises per day were planned and performed as 10 seconds of stretching and 5 repetitions. For the last four weeks, 4 different stretching exercises were planned per day and performed with 20 seconds of stretching and 10 repetitions.

Interventions

tele-rehabilitation exercise

Telerehabilitation allows patients to interact with providers remotely and can be used both to assess patients and to deliver therapy. Treatment program planned to stretch the muscles of individuals with short hamstring muscle group.

Stretching exercises for hamstring muscle group shortening were applied 4 days a week, which lasted for 8 weeks in total. For the first four weeks, 3 different stretching exercises per day were planned and performed as 10 seconds of stretching and 5 repetitions. For the last four weeks, 4 different stretching exercises were planned per day and performed with 20 seconds of stretching and 10 repetitions.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Home exercise

All participants received home exercise for 8 weeks. The exercise program includes stretching exercises Stretching exercises for hamstring muscle group shortening were applied 4 days a week, which lasted for 8 weeks in total. For the first four weeks, 3 different stretching exercises per day were planned and performed as 10 seconds of stretching and 5 repetitions. For the last four weeks, 4 different stretching exercises were planned per day and performed with 20 seconds of stretching and 10 repetitions.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals with short hamstring muscle group
• Individuals between the ages of 18-25
• Being a university student

Exclusion Criteria

• Athletes
• Individuals with orthopedic or neurological problems.
• Surgery history
• Cognitive impairment

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

Sponsors

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Bahçeşehir University

Istanbul, Istanbul Avrupa Kitasi, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

hazalgenc1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id