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Participants
Start Date
February 12, 2025
Primary Completion Date
December 15, 2025
Study Completion Date
December 25, 2025
Tissue Flossing Technique
Hot pack: 10 minutes, PNF (hold-relax with agonist contraction), CPM: 10 minutes, Self-stretching: End range position for 30 seconds, repeat twice. 1 to 2 minutes for Tissue Flossing Technique Description: Active and passive movement with knee wrapped in a high-quality floss band (208×5×0.15 cm), Wrapped from upper gastrocnemius to lower quadriceps and hamstring muscles using a 50% overlapping pattern with a 25% elongation stretch, Series of active and passive exercises (knee flexion and extension) with 3 repetitions.
Graston Technique
"Hot pack: 10 minutes, PNF (hold-relax with agonist contraction), CPM: 10 minutes, Self-stretching: End range position for 30 seconds, repeat twice.~2 minutes for Graston Technique Technique Description: Participant lies supine with hip and knee straight, Water-based gel used to reduce friction.~Superior and inferior longitudinal strokes delivered with GT-4 instrument at a 45° angle to soft tissues Sequence includes strokes from above patella to anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) and back, maintaining a 2-second cadence"
Control group
Hot pack: 10 minutes, PNF (hold-relax with agonist contraction): Gentle stretch of knee muscle for 10 seconds Isometric contraction for 6 seconds. Flex knee with therapist assistance. Hold position for 10 seconds, repeat 3 times, CPM: 10 minutes, Self-stretching: End range position for 30 seconds, repeat twice
RECRUITING
Banazir Bhutto Hospital,, Rawalpindi
Riphah International University
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