Healthy Participants, Validity of the Bunkie test via EMG-measurement of the muscle activity
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Healthy participants are tested in one session. They will perform the original version and a standardized version of the Bunkie test while muscle activity is measured via EMG.
Sponsors
Professur für Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie, Technische Universität München
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We include healthy men and women between 18 and 30 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants are excluded if they suffer from current musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder girdle, elbows, back, lower extremity or from other nonspecific musculoskeletal disorders, e.g. fibromyalgia. There must not be any history of surgery in the back or legs and no other orthopaedic injury of the back or the lower extremity in the last twelve months. In addition, participants are excluded if they are pregnant, in the nursing period, diagnosed with any psychiatric, endocrine, neurological as well as metabolic disorder or take medication that affects perception or proprioception.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Bunkie test performance (in seconds) in a standardized- and the original version (one measurement, randomized order) - Muscle activity (EMG): Measured during the two versions of the Bunkie test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - subjektive level of exhaustion (BORG) - subjective rating of the location with the highest muscle exertion (NRS) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnna Gabriel
Professur für Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie, Technische Universität München
Outcome results
None listed