Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Miss Tara Potier
ORCID ID
Contact details
Physiotherapy
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
+44 020 8886 1492
tpotier@hhnt.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0016186032
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To investigate if a 10 week specific (eccentric) exercise strengthening programme directed at the hamstring muscles, will result in a change to hamstring muscle length measures, indicating an increase in hamstring muscle length.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal Diseases: Muscle strengthening
Intervention
Muscle strengthening exercise vs standard treatment
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Knee range of motion, modified knee extension test, cybex measurements, ultrasound scan
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/09/2006
Overall trial end date
01/03/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Healthy volunteers aged 20-50
Participant type
Healthy volunteer
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/09/2006
Recruitment end date
01/03/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Physiotherapy
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19271232
Publication citations
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Results
Potier TG, Alexander CM, Seynnes OR, Effects of eccentric strength training on biceps femoris muscle architecture and knee joint range of movement., Eur. J. Appl. Physiol., 2009, 105, 6, 939-944, doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0980-7.