Immediate Effect of Dynamic Stretching With and Without Floss Band on Flexibility of Hamstrings in Futsal Players

To compare the immediate effect of dynamic stretching with and without floss band on the hamstring flexibility in futsal players.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Dynamic Stretching with Floss Band; Other: Dynamic Stretching without Floss Band

Detailed Description

Futsal is a soccer-like indoor sport that has been gaining popularity worldwide.To increase the flexibility and ROM of involved muscle group a new method has been introduced named Flossing of tissue by using a floss band.

This research study will be helpful to enable therapists to broaden their treatment plans or choose better treatment tools for improving hamstrings flexibility in futsal players. Thus, this study has been designed with the purpose to examine the effect of dynamic stretching with and without floss band on the flexibility of the hamstring.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 54
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Islamabad Capital Territory
    • Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, 44000
      • Riphah International University (RIU)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• National level futsal players.
• Active for past 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Players with any systemic disease/disorder.
• Players with any recent ligamentous or musculoskeletal injury that isn't healed yet.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: With Floss Band; Floss band made of natural rubber, black in color and 4" in width will be wrapped around the thigh, starting from the distally to superiorly with an overlap of 50%. Perform exercises: • Multi-directional leg swing	Other: Dynamic Stretching with Floss Band; Floss band involves wrapping a band made of natural rubber around the targeted joint or muscle for 1-3 minutes through active movement. The mechanism behind flossing is thought to have a "three-fold effect", compression may stimulate the mechanoreceptors of the underlying fascia layer which causes the hyperemia of the targeted tissue, and leads to increased blood flow. This intervention was applied in addition to dynamic stretching which involved 3 types of dynamic stretches. These stretches were applied through multidirectional (anteromedial, anterior, and anterolateral) leg swings specifically for the Hamstring muscle. It was performed in 3 sets of 15 repetitions with 30 seconds of rest between each exercise.
Active Comparator: Without floss Band; Perform exercises without floss band. • Multi-directional leg swing	Other: Dynamic Stretching without Floss Band; In this group, only dynamic stretching was applied which involved 3 types of dynamic stretches. These stretches were applied through multidirectional (anteromedial, anterior, and anterolateral) leg swings specifically for the Hamstring muscle. It was performed in 3 sets of 15 repetitions with 30 seconds of rest between each exercise.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Straight Leg Raise (SLR) Test	Universal goniometer was used to measure SLR angle.	Baseline and immediately after the intervention
Active Knee Extension (AKE) Test	Universal goniometer was used to measure AKE angle.	Baseline and immediately after the intervention
Sit and Reach Test	A ruler was used to measure Sit and Reach Test Score.	Baseline and immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Serum Creatine Kinase (CK) Levels	Creatine-kinase is a type of enzyme that muscle cell need to function, small amount of CK is present in our blood but high level indicates muscle injury. CK-MM is the substance rises when skeletal muscle is injured. This test is valid(r=0.58) and reliable (r=0.87) to check the muscle damage.	Baseline and after 24 hours of the intervention
Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) levels	Lactate Dehydrogenase is an enzyme found in body and it converts sugar into energy. When a tissue is damaged, the level of this enzyme in blood increases. This test is valid (r=0.98) to check the muscle damage	Baseline and after 24 hours of the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Noman Sadiq, MS-SPT, Riphah International University, Islamabad.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 21, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 11, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 25, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 26, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 26, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 25, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Soccer; Flossing; Sports Injuries; Flexibility; Dynamic Stretching; Hamstring Muscles
• Other Study ID Numbers: REC/01382 Shiza Fatima Zaidi

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