Status:

COMPLETED

Acute Effect of a Gluteal Activation Warm-up on Hip Muscle Activity and Kinematics During a Single Leg Squat

Lead Sponsor:

University of the State of Santa Catarina

Conditions:

Hip Adduction

Gluteus EMG Activity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-35 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Gluteal activation warm-up is one of the modalities being investigated recently. Although widely used in clinical and sports practice, it is unclear whether, in fact, performing gluteal activation exe...

Detailed Description

Muscle pre-activation is the application of exercises to specific muscle groups performed in the warm-up phase in order to increase the neuromuscular response. Among different modalities of warm-up, g...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age: between 18 and 35 years old.
  • Physically active: regularly participating in activities of training sessions 3x/week and minimum 20 minutes duration for each session.
  • No complaints about pain or musculoskeletal impairment on dominant leg during the first contact/interview.
  • Pelvic drop presentation during single leg squat on dominant leg: Will be included only those participants who, on the first interview, present excessive hip adduction during the single-leg squat task detected by visual assessment screening.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • History of recent upper limb or spine injury.
  • Surgery on dominant limb or time less than one year of surgery on non dominant limb.
  • Complaints about cardiovascular or systemic diseases that could limit performance of the tests.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2020

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2020

    Estimated Enrollment :

    23 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04301947

    Start Date

    March 1 2020

    End Date

    December 1 2020

    Last Update

    January 22 2021

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    University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC)

    Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 88080-350