Effect of lumbar spine manipulation on hip joint range of motion and pain in rhythmic gymnastics athletes

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The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of spinal manipulation on hip joint range of motion. This study followed a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The study included 42 athletes who enrolled in Korea rhythmic gymnastics association. They were randomly divided into an experimental and a control group of 42 athletes each. A manipulation was conducted to an experimental group of 21 athletes in the training class for 10~15 min a day, 1 day a week and a total of 12 weeks. Data were analyzed using the t, Chi-square and paired t-tests. Lumbar spine manipulation demonstrated statistically significant between-group changes in Range of Motion (ROM) of hip, left flexion (p= 0.002), right flexion (p= 0.005), left and right extension (p= 0.001) and visual analog scale (VAS) for perceived pain (p = 0.001). The findings of this preliminary study showed that mid lumbar spinal manipulation improved ROM and visual analog scale (VAS) for perceived pain of participants compared with a no-treatment control groups. Spinal manipulation is an effective intervention that may improve hip joint range of motion and pain for rhythmic gymnastics athletes. © Rushing Water Publishers Ltd. 2019.

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