Hamstring Contractures
Conditions
Keywords
Dry needling, LEFS, 90-90 SLR
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to find whether functional dry needle is helpful to increase the length of shortened hamstring muscle or not
Detailed description
Single pretest-post clinical trial to find immediate effects of functional dry needling to increase the length of the shortened hamstring. This study will be carried on single group which will include male subjects only. The data will be recorded before and immediately after the treatment. A monofilament stainless steel needle will be inserted on three points on hamstring muscle which will include semitendinosus, semimembranosus and bicep femoris. Treatment session will consist of 1 minute 20 seconds for each point on the hamstring and the manipulation will be performed by Pistoning technique in which the needle will be drawn out (not fully out of skin) after inserted and then again pushed in and data will be recorded after the treatment session on the basis of increase in length of hamstring which will be measure through 90-90 SLR (AKE) and on the lower extremity functional scale (LEFS)
Interventions
OTHERFunctional dry needling
functional dry needling applied to hamstring for 1 minute and post interventional data collected
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Masking description
assessor who helped to record the measurement was blinded
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Having hamstring length less than 80 degree during 90-90 SLR on goniometer, * also the subject that suffers from knee Osteoarthritis, * Spondylosis, * LBP, * Lumber radiculopathy, * Subjects with MTrPs and those with hyper lordosis were recruited in the study
Exclusion criteria
* subjects suffering from blood clotting disorders such as hemophilia, * those with deformities such as leg length discrepancy, * compromised immune system, * vascular diseases, * Diabetes, * People with congenital or metabolic bone disease such as Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia and Pregnancy were excluded from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 90-90 Straight Leg Raise (SLR) | 1 day | 90-90 Straight Leg Raise (SLR) test is used to measure hamstring length through goniometer. The patient lie supine and flex the hip and extend the knee. The test is positive if the patient cannot go withing last 20 degrees of knee extension. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lower extremity Functional scale (LEFS) | 1 day | Lower extremity Functional Scale is a 20 content scale design to measure the disability level of the patient on the basis of function of the lower extremity. Score ranges from 0 to 80. The lower the score the greater is the disability. |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed