Assessment/intervention component | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
VISA-H | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Isometric strength testing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Functional testing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sitting pain assessment (PSFS) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Isometric strength intervention | ✗ | ** | ** |
Isotonic strength intervention | ✗ | ** | ** |
Isometric strength testing immediately postintervention | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Functional testing immediately postintervention | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Isometric strength testing 45 min postintervention | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Functional testing 45 min postintervention | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sitting pain assessment 24 hours after intervention (PSFS) by phone call | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Functional testing 24 hours after intervention by video call | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
✓component included, ✗=component not included, **=each component included in one of sessions two and three, order determined by randomisation.
PSFS, Patient-Specific Functional Scale; VISA-H, Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Proximal Hamstring.