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NCT Number: NCT06298903

Impact of Hip Activation Compared to Hip Plus Balance Training on the Forward-Step-Down Test

The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of a hip activation home exercise program (HEP) compared to a hip activation + single leg balance HEP on performance of the Forward-Step-Down Test (FSDT) in healthy females. Participants will be assigned to the control (hip activation HEP only) or experimental (hip activation + single leg balance HEP). Following the pre-test data collection, participants will complete their HEP for 8 weeks. They will return to the lab for post-test measurements.

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Key information

Conditions

Control of Frontal Plane Biomechanics Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

LSUHSC-Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71103, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • first or second year students at the institutions's School of Allied Health Professions
  • healthy
  • female

Exclusion criteria

  • participating in another research study
  • current knee pain or pathology on the dominant leg
  • known diagnosis of vestibular impairment
  • known pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

Hip Activation

Other

Sidelying hip abduction, side plank with hip abduction, clamshell (hip abduction + external rotation), side plan with clamshell, and quadruped fire hydrant exercises will be performed for 1 minute isometric holds, 2 times per week for 8 weeks.

Hip activation + Single leg balance

Other

Hip activation HEP: Sidelying hip abduction, side plank with hip abduction, clamshell (hip abduction + external rotation), side plan with clamshell, and quadruped fire hydrant exercises will be performed for 1 minute isometric holds, 2 times per week for 8 weeks.

Single leg balance: variety of single leg balance exercises with different upper extremity and lower extremity positions to provide different balance stimuli. Weeks are alternated performing these exercises with eyes open and eyes closed.

Primary outcomes

  1. Forward-Step-Down Test

    Time frame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)

    a step-down task that is performed off a 20 cm box. Five repetitions are performed to give one score (minimum score 0, maximum score 6). A higher score is worse.

Secondary outcomes

  1. surface electromyography (sEMG) peak

    Time frame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)

    The peak sEMG will be collected from the dominant side's gluteus maximum and gluteus medius muscles. The sEMG will be collected during both the FSDT and unipedal stance test

  2. surface electromyography (sEMG) mean

    Time frame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)

    The mean sEMG will be collected from the dominant side's gluteus maximum and gluteus medius muscles. The sEMG will be collected during both the FSDT and unipedal stance test

  3. Unipedal Stance Test (UPST)

    Time frame: pre-intervention (baseline), post-intervention (8 weeks)

    The time a participant can stand on one leg will be collected for eyes open and eyes closed conditions.

  4. Dose-Response

    Time frame: post-intervention (8 weeks)

    The dose-response for outcome 1, 2, and 3 will be calculated, using participant's self-reported exercise compliance as the dose.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of a Hip Activation Home Exercise Program (HEP) Compared to a Hip Activation + Single Leg Balance HEP on the Forward Step-Down Test in Healthy Females

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Mar 7, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 13, 2024

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