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- Title
A Study to Compare effects of Superficial Heat and Cold Applications During Static Stretching on Planter Flexors Extensibility.
- Authors
Khan, Shabana; Shamsi, Sharick
- Abstract
Study Objective: To compare the effects of superficial heat and cold applications during static stretching on plantar flexors extensibility. Design: Pre test and post test control group. Method and measurements: 30 volunteers of 18-30 years participated in study. Subjects were randomly and equally assigned to moist heat pack and static stretching (group A), ice pack and static stretching (group B) and static stretching (group C). Subjects in each group were given stretching to plantar flexors with 1/3rd of body weight once a day for 5 days a week for three weeks. ROM was measured before and after treatment session on the day of treatment and the end of each week. Results: Means and S.D of active dorsiflexion ROM after 3 weeks were 19.70±2.21for group A, 22.50±2.50 for group B and 16.10±2.80 for group C. ANOVA demonstrates that there was a significant difference in pre and post intervention ADFROM in all the three groups (P <0.05).No statistically significant difference was found between group A and B, but when they were compared with group C, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05) for each group comparison. Conclusion: All groups in study showed increase in the extensibility of plantar flexors, resulting in increase in ADFROM. Both the cryotherapy and thermotherapy significantly improved ROM; however, there was no difference between two treatment conditions.
- Subjects
GONIOMETRY (Anatomy); ANALYSIS of variance; ANKLE; COLD therapy; COMPARATIVE studies; FOOT; RANGE of motion of joints; HEALTH outcome assessment; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICS; STRETCH (Physiology); THERMOTHERAPY; DATA analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 4, p259
- ISSN
0973-5674
- Publication type
Article