A comparison of MET and harmonic stretch when applied to the hamstring muscle group
Item
- Title
- A comparison of MET and harmonic stretch when applied to the hamstring muscle group
- Author(s)
- Daly Alexandra
- Abstract
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AbstractFor many years muscle energy techniques (MET) have been used extensively in osteopathic practice. More recently, Harmonic technique has been formalised to provide a rationale and guidebook for the many gentle oscillatory techniques that have gained common currency among osteopathic practitioners.
The aim of this study was to apply an MET and Harmonic stretch to the left hamstring group and to analyse the subsequent effect on knee extension. It was hypothesised that one of the techniques would prove more effective for this purpose.
Twenty-eight asymptomatic subjects, fifteen females and thirteen males aged between twenty and forty-five were recruited from the study body at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (B.C.O.M.). Each subject received a MET, a Harmonic stretch and a control intervention in a pre-selected order over a period of three weeks. Measurement of passive knee extension by a universal goniometer was performed pre and post- intervention.
Statistical analysis using paired t-tests concluded that both MET and Harmonic stretch increased knee ROM by a statistically significant amount (p< 0.05). However no statistical difference was found (p>0.05) between the efficacy of the two techniques. The hypothesis was therefore not accepted that either of the two techniques was more effective than the other in increasing knee ROM
It was concluded that both MET and Harmonic stretch were equally effective techniques for increasing the length of the left hamstring group as measured by range of knee extension. - presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 1.1.1970 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13627
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Daly Alexandra, “A comparison of MET and harmonic stretch when applied to the hamstring muscle group”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1130