The Effectiveness of Muscle Energy Technique and Friction Massage in Hamstring Tightness Amongst Young Athletes of Pakistan

The ability of an individual to move smoothly depends on his flexibility, an attribute that enhances both safety and optimal physical activity. Hamstring tightness leads to hamstring injuries and hamstring injuries are the most common type of injury among athletes. These injuries are slow to recover, make high health expenditure and decrease the performance level of the athlete.

The hamstring is an example of the muscle group that has a tendency to get shorten Muscle tightness is caused by a decrease in the ability of the muscle to deform, resulting in a decrease in the range of motion at the joint on which it acts. Inability to achieve greater than 120° of knee extension with the hip at 90° of flexion is considered as hamstring tightness.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hamstring Tightness; Hamstring Injury Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Post Facilitation Stretch; Other: Post Isometric Relaxation; Other: Friction Massage

Detailed Description

it will be a Randomized Controlled Trial with 3 group. there will be 60 patients with hamstring tightness divided into 3 group. Allocating by using the manual lottery system. Non-probability Convenience Sampling technique will be utilized. the self-structured questionnaire will be used to analyse the athletic condition and performance.

Each patient in group A will be given with hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patient will receive post facilitation stretch only, for about one months on daily basis.

Each patient in group B will receive hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patients will receive post isometric relaxation alone for about one months on daily basis.

Each patient in group C will receive hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patients will receive frictional massage alone for about one months on daily basis. Friction massage on hamstrings will be given for 20 mins by thrive massager by a therapist.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa
    • Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa, Pakistan, 21300
      • Dr Abdul haseeb Bhutta

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Athletes with Hamstring tightness
• Both male and female will be included.
• Athletes ages from 18 to 25 years
• Patients having Straight Leg Raise less then110˚

Exclusion Criteria:

• Athletes having hamstring injuries
• Patients having Straight Leg Raise greater then 110 ˚
• Above 25 years of age
• Other orthopedic condition like Low Back Pain,
• Athlete with any deformity Knee Joint

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Post Facilitating Stretch; Each patient in group A will be given with hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patient will receive post facilitation stretch only, for about one month on daily basis.	Other: Post Facilitation Stretch; The Post Facilitating Stretch technique is performed as follows: The hamstring muscle will be placed between a fully stretched and a fully relaxed state. The patient will be asked to contract the agonist using a maximum degree of effort for 5-10 seconds while the therapist resists the patients force. The patient will then be asked to relax and release the effort, whereas the therapist will apply the rapid stretch to a new barrier and will be held for 10 seconds. Then the patient will relaxes for approximately 20 seconds and the procedure will be repeated between three to five times and five times more. Instead of starting from a new barrier, the muscle will be placed between a fully stretched and a fully relaxed state before every repetition.
EXPERIMENTAL: Post Isometric Relaxation; Each patient in group B will receive hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patients will receive post isometric relaxation alone for about one months on daily basis.	Other: Post Isometric Relaxation; The Post Isometric Relaxation technique is performed as follows : The hamstring muscle will be taken to a length just short of pain, or to the point where resistance to movement is first noted. A submaximal (10-20%) contraction of the hypertonic muscle will be performed away from the barrier for between 5 and 10 seconds and the therapist applies resistance in the opposite direction. The patient should inhale during this effort. After the isometric contraction the patient will be asked to relax and exhale while doing so. Following this a gentle stretch will be applied to take up the slack till the new barrier. Starting from this new barrier, the procedure is repeated two or three times.
EXPERIMENTAL: Frictional Massage; Frictional massage will be given to 3rd group	Other: Friction Massage; Each patient in group C will receive hot pack along with Tens for 20 mins then the patients will receive frictional massage alone for about one months on daily basis. Friction massage on hamstrings will be given for 20 mins by thrive massager by a therapist.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Agility run test	performance test	one month
vertical jump test	performance test	one month
nordic lower test	performance test	one month
ymca sit and reach box	performance test	one month
Goniometer	passive straight leg raise range of motion	one month
Goniometer	acticve Straight leg raise range of motion	one month
Goniometer	active knee extension range of motion	one month
Goniometer	passive knee extension range of motion	one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Isra University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Payla M, Gill M, Singal SK, Shah N. A Comparison of the Immediate and Lasting Effects between Passive Stretch and Muscle Energy Technique on Hamstring Muscle Extensibility. Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy. 2018 Jan 1;12(1).

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): March 5, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): October 15, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 19, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): September 21, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 27, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 26, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical therapy; muscle energy technique; sports medicine; active knee extension; post isometric relaxation; agility run test; vertical jump test; 100 meter sprint; nordic lower test; ymca sit and reach box; passive knee extension; post facilitation stretch; friction massage; young athlete; pakistan
• Other Study ID Numbers: IIRS-IUISB/M.PhilSMMPT/001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; ANALYTIC_CODE; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

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