Comparison of 90-90 passive hamstring stretching technique plus knee to chest position with 90-90 passive hamstring stretching alone in normal healthy individuals of age 18 to 25 years
Journal Title: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Hamstring flexibility plays an important role in physical fitness Hamstring tightness is determined by knee extension deficit Passive stretching is simple and found effective to improve muscle flexibility In clinical settings 9090 passive stretching test is used whereas knee to chest position stretches proximal ends of hamstrings which leads to isolated hip flexion and causes all three muscles tendons of hamstrings to lengthen to a greater degree because lever arms are larger at the hip The present study hypothesized that stretching both proximal and distal ends of hamstrings will be more effective than stretching distal end in full range alone Therefore present study determines whether adding component like knee to chest position to 9090 passive hamstring stretch enhances the flexibility Total 200 young healthy individuals 100 Males 100 Females of age 18 to 25 years participated in study Individuals with bilateral hamstring tightness 20 degrees were included Randomly on one side passive 9090 stretching technique was applied 60 secondsand on other side 9090 passive hamstring technique 30 seconds plus knee to chest passive stretch 30 seconds was applied and compared between both genders Active knee extension test was used as an outcome measure for calculating hamstring tightness angle Stastically unpaired t test was used for comparison between tests Results showed highly significant increase p00005 in knee extension range of motion with 9090 passive hamstring stretch plus knee to chest position than 9090 hamstring stretch alone Hence 9090 passive hamstring stretching technique plus knee to chest position found more effective in hamstring flexibility than 9090 passive hamstring stretch aloneKeywords Hamstrings stretching Flexibility 9090 Hamstrings test Knee to chest position Active knee extension test
Authors and Affiliations
Abhijeet Arun Deshmukh, Sampada Sadhoo, Shubhangi Meshram, K Vidya
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