Comparison of Pelvic Tilt Before and After Hip Flexor Stretching in Healthy Adults

Objectives: An increase in anterior pelvic tilt is often assumed to result from short hip flexor muscles. Such altered postural alignment may the stress on lumbar spine and has been shown be a characteristic of specific low back pain populations. However, there minimal research investigating link between muscle length inclination/lumbar lordosis relaxed standing. Therefore, this study sought understand whether stretching would reduce and/or lordosis. Methods: We quantified before after single session passive sample 23 male subjects. Changes were also characterised, using Thomas test protocol measure extension supine lying. investigated both mean effect potential correlations changes tilt/lumbar lordosis. Results: Following protocol, was 2.6° (p<0.001) corresponding reduction 1.2° tilt. no change nor any meaningful lordosis. Conclusions: The results suggest that lead immediate reductions during programmes could play an important role interventions designed improve standing alignment.