The effects of stretching in patients with persisting pain - a randomised controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000299404

Enrollment

Registered

2007-06-05

Start date

2006-11-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether a three-week stretching program can increase hamstring muscle extensibility or improve tolerance to stretch in patients with persisting pain. Our hypothesis is that stretching will not increase the extensibility of the hamstring muscles, but rather, will increase the subjects' tolerance to an uncomfortable stretch sensation.

Interventions

The two legs of each subject are randomised into either the treatment or control condition. Intervention: The hamstring muscles of the treatment leg will be stretched for 1 minute per day for three weeks.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Pain persisting for greater than three months, no further medical or surgical investigations or treatments planned, not requiring urgent psychiatric treatment, no primary drug or alcohol problem, inextensible hamstring muscles as tested using a standard "toe-touch" test.

Exclusion criteria

Inability to tolerate testing.

Outcome results