Immediate effect of releasing psoas muscle on angles of hip extension in asymptomatic individuals
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Background: Releasing psoas muscle can reduce symptom in the lower back and hip pain. However, there has not been any study that evaluated the effect of releasing the psoas muscle to hip angle.
Objective: To evaluate the immediate effect of releasing psoas muscle on hip extension angles in asymptomatic subjects.
Methods: Thirty asymptomatic male and female subjects(aged 20.40 +0.10 years) received a battery of tests for physical assessment to investigate the psoas muscle tension. Participants have released the psoas muscle on the most tension side by soft tissue releasing technique, with optimal direct force to the muscle, hold for five seconds then released, ten times repeated. The angle of a hip extension was measured before and after releasing the psoas muscle.
Results: Significant increase of the hip extension angles were found between before and after releasing psoas muscles.
Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that releasing the psoas muscle increased the angle of hip extension in asymptomatic subjects.
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