Effects of active and passive stretching of hamstrings on knee range of movement
Item
- Title
- Effects of active and passive stretching of hamstrings on knee range of movement
- Author(s)
- Arjan Narendra
- Abstract
- Hamstring muscle injuries are a plague not just to the individual with the injury, but also to the therapist rehabilitating the muscle group. Patients are often given stretching exercises to perform at home during the period leading up to the next treatment. As there are many forms of stretching available, this study compares the effect of two of the stretching methods available. This study compared the effect of active and passive stretching of the hamstrings on knee range of movement. The study recruited thirty test subjects from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy. All subjects were free of injury and pathology to the knee, hip, and lumbar spine. Subjects were divided randomly into three groups of ten, for the active, passive and control groups. Measurements were taken using a Universal Goniometer. Data analysis was carried out between pre stretch versus post stretch, pre stretch versus one week stretch and post stretch versus one week stretch of all the three groups. Analysis of Variance was performed on all the results and this showed that there was a significant difference (p<0.05) between the three groups. Thus, the control group was removed from further statistical analysis. Next an F test was performed on the variance to ascertain if they are equal or unequal. The F test showed that the variances are equal, thus a two sample t-test assuming equal variance was performed. A two tailed t-test showed that both stretching techniques had significant increases (p<0.05) in active knee extension range of movement in the pre stretch versus post stretch, pre stretch versus one week stretch and post stretch versus one week stretch values. A one tailed t-test was then performed. This showed that active stretching had significantly (p<0.05) greater increase in active knee extension range of movement in the pre stretch versus post stretch, pre stretch versus one week stretch and post stretch versus one week stretch values. In conclusion, the results of this study showed that although both stretching techniques are effective at increasing active knee extension range of movement, active stretching is the more effective stretching technique for increasing active knee extension range of movement.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 101
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12979
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Stretching,Hamstring,Knee,Range of motion
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Arjan Narendra, “Effects of active and passive stretching of hamstrings on knee range of movement”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/883