Clinical Trial: Trunk Extension Endurance Among Physical Therapy Students
Study Status: Enrolling by invitation
Recruit Status: Enrolling by invitation
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Trunk Extension Endurance Using Four Arms Positions Among Physical Therapy Collegiate Students
Brief Summary: College students from physical therapy department will be assigned into four groups. Participants will be tested for trunk extensors endurance and will be given endurance training program to do at home for 6 to 8 weeks. Spinal mobility and lower extremity mobility will be measured. Isokinetic outcome measures for extension and flexion at two different speeds will also be measured at baseline, after 6 and 8 weeks.
Detailed Summary: Active physical therapy students who are healthy and free from any significant pain at the spine will be recruited to participate in intervention endurance training. Participants will be assigned into four equal groups; doing trunk extension form lying on stomach while breathing normally and arching trunk backwards as long as tolerated. Group one will have arms above head, group two will have hands behind head, group three will have hands parallel to the trunk, and group four will receive instructions only and will act as control group. Spinal mobility of forward bending, backwards bending, right and left side bending will be taken. Straight leg raising and quadriceps flexibility will also be taken. Isokinetic measurements including peak torque, peak torque/body weight, average peak torque, work and average power will be taken at baseline, 6 and 8 weeks. Participants will have a training volume of 2 sets of 10 repetitions, 2 minutes rest in between, 2x/day for 6 to 8 weeks. Endurance timing will be measured in seconds using stop watch. If participant managed to maintain the trunk extension position for 4 minutes, time is recorded and it is considered as ceiling time.
Sponsor: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
Current Primary Outcome:
- endurance timing [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]trunk extensors endurance timing
- isokinetic output [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]peak torque, peak torque/BW, average peak torque, average power, work
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
Dates:
Date Received: April 5, 2017
Date Started: February 20, 2017
Date Completion: May 31, 2017
Last Updated: April 10, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017
