An interventional study of NMES+ and Rehab in Hamstring Injury, Muscle Rupture and Hamstring Sprain, sponsored by Università degli studi di Roma Foro Italico. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-26.
Sponsored by Università degli studi di Roma Foro Italico · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to analyze the effect of the electrical stimulation superimposed onto movement in healthy semi-professional athletes who sustained a type 3a/3b hamstring strain injury.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
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This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 72 across 334 interventional studies indexed under Rupture.
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The Treatment Group will follow the rehabilitation protocol with the addition of the Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Superimposed onto Movement (NMES+) as part of the rehabilitation protocol. 1st/2nd Week at 35 Hertz. 3rd/4th Week 50 Hertz. 5th/6th Week 70 Hertz
Device: NMES+ · Procedure: Rehab
The Control Group will follow the same rehabilitation protocol with no addition of the NMES+. A weight-bearing protocol with a week by week progression on load, repetitions and sets.
Procedure: Rehab
The Treatment Group will follow the rehabilitation protocol with the addition of the NMES+. 1st/2nd Week at 35 Hertz. 3rd/4th Week 50 Hertz. 5th/6th Week 70 Hertz.
The Control Group will follow a protocol based on the latest available guidelines for the rehabilitation of the hamstrings lesions. A weight-bearing protocol with a week by week progression on load, repetitions and sets.
Tear monitoring and muscle quality
Healing status of the muscle tear (mm/cm), using ultrasounds
Time frame: Baseline
Tear Monitoring
Healing status of the muscle tear (mm/cm), using ultrasounds
Time frame: Up to 6 weeks
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