Functional DN for Shortened HS Muscle

March 8, 2022 updated by: Riphah International University

Immediate Effects of Functional Dry Needling on the Length of Shortened Hamstring Muscle

The aim of this study is to find whether functional dry needle is helpful to increase the length of shortened hamstring muscle or not

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Single pretest-post clinical trial to find immediate effects of functional dry needling to increase the length of the shortened hamstring. This study will be carried on single group which will include male subjects only. The data will be recorded before and immediately after the treatment. A monofilament stainless steel needle will be inserted on three points on hamstring muscle which will include semitendinosus, semimembranosus and bicep femoris. Treatment session will consist of 1 minute 20 seconds for each point on the hamstring and the manipulation will be performed by "Pistoning technique" in which the needle will be drawn out (not fully out of skin) after inserted and then again pushed in and data will be recorded after the treatment session on the basis of increase in length of hamstring which will be measure through 90-90 SLR (AKE) and on the lower extremity functional scale (LEFS)

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

27

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

  • Pakistan
    • Kpk
      • Swat, Kpk, Pakistan, 19130
        • Saidu group of teaching hospital said sharif swat

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

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Having hamstring length less than 80 degree during 90-90 SLR on goniometer,
  • also the subject that suffers from knee Osteoarthritis,
  • Spondylosis,
  • LBP,
  • Lumber radiculopathy,
  • Subjects with MTrPs and those with hyper lordosis were recruited in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • subjects suffering from blood clotting disorders such as hemophilia,
  • those with deformities such as leg length discrepancy,
  • compromised immune system,
  • vascular diseases,
  • Diabetes,
  • People with congenital or metabolic bone disease such as Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia and Pregnancy were excluded from the study

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Functional dry needling
Functional dry needling for shortened hamstring muscle
Other: Functional dry needling
functional dry needling applied to hamstring for 1 minute and post interventional data collected

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
90-90 Straight Leg Raise (SLR)
Time Frame: 1 day
90-90 Straight Leg Raise (SLR) test is used to measure hamstring length through goniometer. The patient lie supine and flex the hip and extend the knee. The test is positive if the patient cannot go withing last 20 degrees of knee extension.
1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Lower extremity Functional scale (LEFS)
Time Frame: 1 day
Lower extremity Functional Scale is a 20 content scale design to measure the disability level of the patient on the basis of function of the lower extremity. Score ranges from "0" to "80". The lower the score the greater is the disability.
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

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 (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 20, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

December 6, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 9, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 16, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 23, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REC/00767 Qaisar Ali Khan

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

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