Effects of stretching and heat treatment on hamstring extensibility in children with severe mental retardation and hypertonia.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of heat and duration of stretching on the extensibility of hamstring muscles and their electromyographic responses to passive stretch in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation. DESIGN:Randomized cross-over trial. SETTING:Developmental disability unit in a local hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Twenty-nine subjects (9 females) with ages ranged from 4 to 13 years with spastic and/or dystonic hypertonia and hamstring tightness. INTERVENTIONS:Subjects received four treatment sessions in random order with each consisting of five repetitions of stretching: (A) 10-second stretching, (B) 30-second stretching, (C) hot pack followed by 10-second stretching, and (D) hot pack followed by 30-second stretching. Each treatment session comprised five repetitions of stretch and successive treatments were separated by at least 24 hours. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The distance between greater trochanter and lateral malleolus and hamstring electromyographic (EMG) activity during passive knee extension stretching. RESULTS:Two-way ANOVA showed a larger increase in hamstring extensibility in conditions C and D (1.3 +/- 1.1 cm) than conditions A and B (0.7 +/- 0.9 cm) (P<0.001). For the EMG recordings, conditions B and D (-25.1 +/- 58.4 microV) had greater decrease than conditions A and C (-3.5 +/- 36.6 microV) (P= 0.039). CONCLUSIONS:Heat application to the hamstrings before stretching could result in greater increase in extensibility than stretching alone in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation. Stretching could promote relaxation of the hamstring muscles regardless of prior heat treatment. Stretching sustained for 30 seconds led to greater relaxation than that for 10 seconds.

journal_name

Clin Rehabil

journal_title

Clinical rehabilitation

authors

Lee GP,Ng GY

doi

10.1177/0269215508090067

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-09-01 00:00:00

pages

771-9

issue

9

eissn

0269-2155

issn

1477-0873

pii

22/9/771

journal_volume

22

pub_type

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