Female Football Players Stretching Training and Performance on the Dynamic Balance
Condition: Stretch
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This research shows the effect of stretching exercises on dynamic balance. football players
      divided into 2 groups do different stretching exercises, dynamic and static. The control
      group does not do stretching exercises. The study should show which stretching exercises have
      a greater effect on the Y balance test than the dynamic balance test.
    

Detailed description: 
      Injury prevention in sports is very important, and a lot of investigative time and effort is
      spent in this realm. Many different tools have been created that are designed to pinpoint the
      athlete's predisposition to or risk for injuries. Also, health professionals and coaches
      should work with athletes to attempt to reduce the number of injuries as much as possible.
      The objective of the prevention process is not to eliminate injuries, but rather to reduce
      them and keep them at an acceptable level. Many authors have shown that interventions that
      include balance exercises are very efficient in injury risk reduction as well as performance
      improvement after an injury. Poor balance, altered motor control, or lack of neuromuscular
      control have all been described as predictors of injury risk in the lower limbs of athletes.
      The Y-Balance Test (YBT), a validated derivation of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT),
      is a functional screening tool that can be reliably administered for a variety of purposes:
      to assess lower extremity stability, monitor rehabilitation progress, understand deficits
      after injury, and identify athletes at high risk for lower extremity injury. For these
      reasons, we have decided to research whether stretching exercises can improve the Y Balance
      Test. The research was conducted on football players in the first league of Bosnia and
      Hercegovina. Comparisons were made between static and dynamic stretching and their effects on
      Y Balance Test performance while no stretching exercises were performed in the control group.
      Stretching improves body posture, achieves good muscular and joint mobility, has a positive
      effect on preventing injury, and reduces muscle pain, also regular stretching improves body
      balance. The aim is to explore which stretching exercises will increase the results on the Y
      Balance Test and whether this will happen at all.

      This study aimed to investigate the effects of stretching exercises on the Y-Balance Test
      (YBT, as a test for dynamic balance) performance and postural control in female football
      players.
    

Intervention name(s): Static stretching exercise; Dynamic stretching exercise
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Standing quadriceps stretch, Gastrocnemius stretch, Standing split, Adductor stretch, Half kneeling groin stretch, Hamstring stretch on the bench, Prayer squat, Seated adductor and hamstring stretch, Hurdle seat, Seated glute stretch, Lying glute stretch, Seated groin abduction, Soleus stretch, Half kneeling quad stretch, Split hamstring stretch; Downward dog to runner's lunge, Dynamic squat stretch, Crescent to hamstring stretch, Half kneeling hamstring stretch, Side to side lunge with reach, Standing calf and hamstring stretch, Hurdles, Side to side lunge with step, IT band stretch, Walking quad stretch, Swing the leg forward and back, Swing the leg cross, Knee pull, Standing quat stretch, Standing gluteus stretch
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: Y Balance Test; Stretching; Dynamic balance