Trunk Extension Endurance Among Physical Therapy Students

Trunk Extension Endurance Using Four Arms Positions Among Physical Therapy Collegiate Students

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Spine Injury
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: trunk extensors endurance training

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 52
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Saudi Arabia
  • Al Madīnah, Saudi Arabia, 20012
    • College of medical rehabilitation sciences

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: DOUBLE

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: trunk endurance with hands above head; participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands above head.	Other: trunk extensors endurance training; endurance training; Other Names: trunk endurance
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: trunk endurance with hands behind head; participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands behind head.	Other: trunk extensors endurance training; endurance training; Other Names: trunk endurance
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: trunk endurance with hands parallel; participants had to practice trunk extensors endurance training with having hands parallel to the trunk.	Other: trunk extensors endurance training; endurance training; Other Names: trunk endurance
NO_INTERVENTION: trunk endurance with no intervention; participants will be tested for trunk extensors endurance with having hands on chest but no intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
endurance timing	trunk extensors endurance timing	8 weeks
isokinetic output	peak torque, peak torque/BW, average peak torque, average power, work	8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
• Collaborators: Cairo University; Taibah University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Tarek M El-gohary, PhD, Taibah University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• 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.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 20, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): November 20, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 5, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2017
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 11, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 22, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: trunk extensors; endurance, peak torque, power, work
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Back Injuries; Spinal Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: CMR-PT-2017-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No