Hamstring flexibility/hip flexion range of motion Signs and Symptoms Hamstring flexibility
Conditions
Interventions
The final sample consisted of 12 students of which five females and seven males served as participants.
Participants (n = 12) were randomly assigned to three intervention treatments of 225 seconds on
Sponsors
Individual Sponsor (Australia)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Drawn from a variety of sporting backgrounds which predominantly involved the lower body 2. Trained lightly for a minimum of three times a week 3. Did not use any routine muscle flexibility training in their regular training program of their specific sport 4. Free of any bony or soft tissue injury to the spine and lower limbs, and no history of the same in the past one year 5. Adults (aged 18 years and over), either sex
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who had an designated period of stretching in daily warm-up routine 2. History of lower limb/lumbosacral spine injury in the last year 3. Inability to be present for testing sessions every week
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in hamstring flexibility (hip ROM in degrees) after each intervention (Treatment 1, 2 , 3) from pre-test to post-test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed