Effect of muscular stretching following transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) versus usual muscular stretching only on flexibility and pain in healthy people

Effects of muscular stretching and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation compared to usual muscular stretching on flexibility of hamstring and pain for healthy people: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000473268

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-17

Start date

2008-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The increase of the stretching pain tolerance is an important factor for flexibility gain. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is an important therapy for pain treatment, however its use during stretching was not investigated. To evaluate stretching and TENS association effect in hamstrings muscles of healthy women about flexibility gain

Interventions

Group 1, Stretching: static hamstring stretches (3 repetitions of 30 seconds) daily for 2 weeks. Group 2, Stretching + TENS: 10 minutes TENS (100Hz, 40 micros), immediately followed by static hamstring stretches (3 repetitions of 30 seconds) daily for 2 weeks. The TENS was connected to the participant by self-adhesive electrodes. During the Stretching the TENS remains switched on.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

healthy people, without musculoskeletal disease.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects will be excluded from the study if they are unable to tolerate the stretching.

Outcome results