Influence of successive active knee extension tests on hamstring flexibility

Lim, Wantae

doi:10.26862/jkpts.2021.06.28.1.76

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“…In the support to the study an article by Grimer M. in 2019 about "Mobility related physical and functional loss due to aging and disease", revealed momentous decrease in mobility, number of steps, muscle power and strength, reaction time and walking speed to decrease with aging as low as starting from 20 years old. (23) Thus supports in the favor of the study that early assessment of functional capabilities like decreased mobility with progression of age could have a big impact in future. The conducted study indicated that increase in hamstrings tightness will cause decrease and compromised mobility.…”

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“…The results also showed that there is a high upper limb risk of injury due to lower limb tightness. (23) In his study, "the relationship of lumbar lordotic angle with hamstrings tightness" done in 2022, Mohamed A. M. Sarhan showed that there is no statistically significant correlation of hamstrings tightness with lumbar lordotic angle which underestimates the Importance of stretching of hamstrings in patients complaining of low back pain. As lumbar lordotic angle is directly related to low back pain, posture, pelvic tilt and in conclusion with gait and mobility so this study also declines all the relations of hamstrings muscle tightness with posture, gait and mobility.…”

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Correlation of Hamstring Tightness with Balance and Mobility in Young Adults

Akhtar¹,

Muskan²,

Amjad³

et al. 2023

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Background: Despite of the optimal health regarding metabolic energy levels, physical activity and fitness in young adults, major health concerns are increasing. This increasing dysfunction could be the basic cause for future impairments. Hamstrings muscles are most commonly subjecting to shortening and evaluated for the lower limb resilience. Balance, mobility, muscle strength are important elements to maintain normal functional capacity. The aim of this study was to evaluate Correlation between hamstrings tightness with balance and mobility in young adults. Methodology: A Cross sectional correlational Study was conducted in 385 participants of age 19-24 years old of twin cities i-e Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Passive knee extension test (PKE) was performed to assess hamstrings tightness, whilst Y-Balance test (YBT) for evaluating balance and 6 Minute walk test (6MWT) for Mobility. The measurements are tabulated and analyzed statistically for the Correlation between hamstrings tightness with balance and mobility using SPSS. Results: Sample size of 385 participants with 100% response rate, n= 255 (66.2%) were females while n= 130 (33.8 %) were males. Mean, median for variables along with the SD and Interquartile range was calculated. Correlation was analyzed using spearman’s correlation with the coefficient r (ρ) between mean PKET and 6MWT were ρ= -0.21 and Mean PKET with Dominant side of YBT as ρ= 0.07 while with Non-dominant side as ρ= 0.06. Also, there are no significant differences between dominant and non-dominant sides for PKET and YBT separately as per Wilcoxon signed rank test. Conclusion: Statistically significant weak negative correlation was found in hamstrings tightness with mobility, while there is no significant correlation of hamstrings tightness with balance for both dominant and non-dominant sides. Keywords: Hamstring muscles, Balance, Mobility, hamstrings tightness.

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