Athletic Injuries, Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Ballistic Stretching, Athletic Tape, Eccentric Exercise, Low Back Pain, Athletic Performance
Brief summary
Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent issue among adolescent rowers, particularly males aged 14 to 16 years, with a high lifetime prevalence (94%) and point prevalence (65%). One of the mechanisms of lower back pain in rowing athletes is about the elasticity, stiffness and tone of the hamstring muscle. Current literature shows that stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and kinesiotaping affects hamstring viscoelasticity in various ways. Stretching exercises affect hamstring muscle tone and elasticity, strengthening exercises affect muscle stiffness and kinesiotaping affects muscle tone. While the effects of each of these interventions on viscoelastic properties individually are examined in the literature, studies comparing the effects of changes in viscoelastic properties caused by these interventions on low back pain, athletic disability index and athletic performance in rowers and their superiority among each other are lacking. The goal of this study is to change the viscoelasticity of the hamstring muscles and examine its effect on low back pain, disability index and athletic performance.
Detailed description
Volunteer male elite rowing athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 who score 3/10 or higher on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale at the time of activity will be included in the study. Signed voluntary consent will be obtained from participants and their legal representatives. Participants will be divided into three groups. Study groups will be as follows: a) ballistic hamstring stretching exercise b) hamstring extender exercise c) kinesiotaping
Interventions
OTHERBallistic Stretching Exercise
It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.
OTHERExtender Exercise
It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.
OTHERKinesiotaping
It will be applied 4 times per week for 12 weeks.
Sponsors
Istanbul Nisantasi University
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Yeditepe University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The investigator administering the treatment and the investigator performing the evaluations will be different. The evaluator will not know about the interventions that the participants received.
Intervention model description
Participants will be divided into three groups with equal numbers by computer randomization method.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
14 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being between ages 14 and 18 and male gender * Having been rowing at an elite level for at least one year with a professional team * Having pain 3/10 or higher on NPRS * Participating to the study in a voluntary basis.
Exclusion criteria
* Having limitation in lower extremity range of motion that limits completion of interventions * Having a musculoskeletal injury involving the lower extremity in the last 6 months. * Having undergone a operation in the last 6 months. * Failing to complete any of interventions. * Wanting to quit from study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of Biceps Femoris Muscle | change from baseline frequency at 12 weeks | The tones of muscle is described by frequency of muscle or oscillation frequency (Hz). It will be examined by the MyotonPro, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| Frequency of Semitendinosus Muscle | change from baseline frequency at 12 weeks | The tones of muscle is described by frequency of muscle or oscillation frequency (Hz). It will be examined by the MyotonPro, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| Stiffness of Biceps Femoris Muscle | change from baseline frequency at 12 weeks | Stiffness of muscle is described by reaction to contraction or forces from outside of tissue that may cause the original form to deteriorate. It will be examined by the MyotonPro, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| Stiffness of Semitendinosus Muscle | change from baseline frequency at 12 weeks | Stiffness of muscle is described by reaction to contraction or forces from outside of tissue that may cause the original form to deteriorate. It will be examined by the MyotonPro, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) | change from baseline pain at the time of activity at 12 weeks | The NPRS is a segmented numeric version of the visual analog scale (VAS) in which a respondent selects a whole number (0-10 integers) that best reflects the intensity of his/her pain. The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. "no pain") to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. "pain as bad as you can imagine" or "worst pain imaginable"). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Standing Long Jump Test (SLJT) | change from baseline performance level at 12 weeks | It is a horizontal jump test that measures anaerobic performance. |
| 2K-rowing test | change from baseline performance time at 12 weeks | It is an ergometer test that measures 2,000 meter rowing time and power output as a gold standard. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTOROnur Atakan Sekibağ, MSc
Istanbul Nisantasi University
Outcome results
None listed