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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN92190114
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Dynamic versus static stretching in the sports warm-up
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Scientific title
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Dynamic stretching in the warm-up enhances both static and dynamic hamstring flexibility while static stretching only impacts static flexibility: a randomised controlled trial
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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1. Static flexibility measurements will not correlate with dynamic hamstring flexibility measures
2. Static stretching exercises will only improve static flexibility and will have no impact on dynamic hamstring flexibility
3. Dynamic stretching exercises will improve dynamic flexibility and will have no impact on static flexibility
4. The intervention treatments will be gender dependent, i.e., females will achieve greater changes in hamstring flexibility following each of the stretching intervention
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Ethics approval
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Committee for Ethics in Human Research approved from 8th December 2004 until 8th December 2006 (ref: CEHR 04-94)
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Study design
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Randomised cross-over controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Australia
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Hamstring flexibility/hip flexion range of motion
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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1. Drawn from a variety of sporting backgrounds which predominantly involved the lower body
2. Trained lightly for a minimum of three times a week
3. Did not use any routine muscle flexibility training in their regular training program of their specific sport
4. Free of any bony or soft tissue injury to the spine and lower limbs, and no history of the same in the past one year
5. Adults (aged 18 years and over), either sex
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Those who had an designated period of stretching in daily warm-up routine
2. History of lower limb/lumbosacral spine injury in the last year
3. Inability to be present for testing sessions every week
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2005
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Anticipated end date
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01/07/2006
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
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Target number of participants
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12
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Interventions
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The final sample consisted of 12 students of which five females and seven males served as participants.
Participants (n = 12) were randomly assigned to three intervention treatments of 225 seconds on separate days in a cross-over study design:
Treatment 1: No stretching
Treatment 2: Static stretching
Treatment 3: Dynamic stretching
Each participant presented for testing for a duration of approximately 15 minutes on a designated day - once every week for three weeks (three sessions in total).
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Change in hamstring flexibility (hip ROM in degrees) after each intervention (Treatment 1, 2 , 3) from pre-test to post-test
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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No secondary outcome measures
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Sources of funding
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Investigator initiated and funded (Australia)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
Gayle
Silveira Rebello
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Address
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Unit 4, 5 Adelaide Terrace
Edwardstown
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City/town
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South Australia
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Zip/Postcode
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5039
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Country
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Australia
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Tel
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+61 (0)4 3172 1469
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Email
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gaylerebello@yahoo.com
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Sponsor
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Individual Sponsor (Australia)
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Address
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c/o Gayle Silveira Rebello
Unit 4, 5 Adelaide Terrace
Edwardstown
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City/town
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South Australia
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Zip/Postcode
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5039
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Country
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Australia
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Tel
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+61 (0)4 3172 1469
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Email
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gaylerebello@yahoo.com
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Date applied
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01/02/2010
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Last edited
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09/02/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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09/02/2010
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