Does Earthing and MET have a greater affect on the resting length of the hamstrings then MET alone.
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- Title
- Does Earthing and MET have a greater affect on the resting length of the hamstrings then MET alone.
- Author(s)
- Gauthier, G
- Abstract
- Background: Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) are used for several therapeutic means such as increasing muscle flexibility, increasing venous and lymphatic drainage, reducing pain in certain regions of the bod such as the low back. Research on Earthing have shown for example a decrease in Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, a decrease in blood viscosity and may have a stimulating affect on the immune system. Quantitative research on the effect of these techniques is not well documented and researched, particularly for Earthing for which no reliable scientific evidence exists. Objective: To investigate the effect of Earthing associated with MET compared to MET alone on the Passive Range of Motion of Hip Flexion (PROMHF) Design: Randomized controlled study using independent measures Methods: Male and female volunteers from the European School of Osteopathy participated in this study. Exclusion criteria were Cardio vascular diseases, taking blood thinning drugs, hypo/hyperthyroidism, participant complaining of lower extremity pain or suffering from lower extremity pathology/dysfunction, participant having stretched there hamstring in the 48h prior to experiment, taking prescribed medication with potential muscuIo-skeletal side effects, any condition affecting the musculoskeletal system, nervous system or having an impact on pain perception and the ability to fallow indications. The subjects were randomly divided into three groups of equal size: one receiving MET of the right hamstring another receiving Earthing for 2Omn and an MET of the right hamstring and a control group. Before and after the intervention PROMHF was measured using the Manual Straight Leg Raise (MSLR) using a hand held goniometer. Data was analysed using Analyse-it@; it was tested for normality of distribution with the Shapiro-Wilk test and for equality of variance with the Levene test. PROMHF data was analysed with the Kruskal-Wallis test to determine differences between groups and finally further analysed the data using Steel test to determine where the differences lay. Results: 60 subjects were recruited, all anthropometric data collected was equally distributed except for the age and BMI. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed significance (p=0.004) between PROMHF in MFT and MET+Earthing compared to control but Steel test showed that the differences in between the groups were not significant: Post MET-Post control (p=0.06), Post MET-Pre MET (p=0.43), Post M+E-Pre M+E (p=0.11), Post M+E-Post control (p=0.76) Conclusion: Neither of the techniques produced a significant effect on the hip range of motion in asymptomatic individuals. Further research on larger and symptomatic populations is required, as well as further research on the therapeutic mechanism of MET and Earthing
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2016
- Date Submitted
- 2.12.2016 17:29:04
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15945
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Earthing, Grounding, MET, Hamstring flexibility, Hip range of motion.
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- 0
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- Thesis
Gauthier, G, “Does Earthing and MET have a greater affect on the resting length of the hamstrings then MET alone.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/536