Effect of Cueing on Gluteus Maximus Recruitment

March 11, 2016 updated by: John H. Hollman, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic

Effects of Cueing on Gluteus Maximus and Hamstring Recruitment During the Bridging Exercise

Do specific verbal and tactile cues and instructions help people who perform bridging exercises to improve hip muscle strength to optimize recruitment of the gluteus maximus muscle?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • female
  • 18-40 years of age
  • normal muscle strength in lower extremities

Exclusion Criteria:

  • evidence of patellofemoral pain syndrome
  • evidence of femoracetabular impingement
  • evidence of mechanical low back pain causing radicular (lower extremity) symptoms
  • history of previous hip or knee ligament injury
  • history of lower extremity trauma
  • history of lower extremity surgery
  • history of neurological conditions that impair motor function
  • current lower extremity pain that limits functional activities

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Experimental
Cueing
Other: Cueing
Verbal and tactile cueing to enhance gluteus maximus recruitment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Muscle recruitment as a percentage of the maximal voluntary isometric contraction
Time Frame: 2 weeks
2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John Hollman, PhD, Mayo Clinic

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 30, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 30, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

January 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 14, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 15-007140

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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