Clinical trial NCT04913844: Effect of Ski Sport on Physical Performance
Official title: Effect of Ski Sport on Physical Performance, Pain, Quality of Life, and Gender Differences
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Physical Performance
Pain
Quality of Life
Keywords: Skiing
Gender difference
Muscle strength
Physical performance
Pain
Quality of life
Lead sponsor: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-04
Enrollment: 68
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The sample of the study consists of a total of 68 participants between the ages of 18-25. Licensed ski athletes in Turkey (17 male, 17 female), who have been active in sports for at least the last 2 years, were included in the skiers group, and an age-matched non-athletic person (17 male, 17 female) with no skiing experience was included in the control group. The evaluations of the Skiers group were made at Erciyes Ski Center, and those of the control group were made at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Nuh Naci Yazgan University.

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of ski sport on physical performance, pain, and quality of life compared to sedentary individuals of similar age groups and to examine the existence of gender-specific differences.

Detailed description: The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of skiing on physical performance, pain, quality of life, and gender-specific differences. In this context, aerobic/anaerobic performance, body balance, hand-grip strength, and back-leg-chest strength were evaluated in male and female ski athletes and age- and sex-matched sedentary controls.

In addition, pain experiences, low back pain-related disability level, and quality of life of all participants were questioned using SF 36, McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (OLBPDQ), and VAS scales.

The data thus collected were used to determine whether skiing had any effect on physical performance and quality of life, as well as the possible impact of skiing on gender-specific differences.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Skiers Group;

* Being an active athlete for at least the last 2 year and affiliated with the National Ski Federation
* International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) total score above 3000 METs min/week

Control Group;

* Being healthy and non-athletic with no ski experience
* Having similar sociodemographic characteristics with Skiers Group
* IPAQ-SF total score below 3000 METs min/week

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of surgery and/or serious trauma to the spine, lower and upper extremity,
* Chronic illnesses
* Substance addiction such as cigarette-alcohol, etc.
* During the study; the need of receiving treatment/ interventions due to trauma or any other conditions is concluded with withdrawal from the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF)
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Step Test
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Vertical Jump Test (VJT)
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Flamingo Balance Test (FBT)
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Hand-Grip Strength (HGS)
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Back-Leg-Chest Strength (BLCS)
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Short Form-36 (SF-36) Quality of Life Questionnaire
timeFrame: 15 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (OLBPDQ)
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Afyonkarahisar
country: Turkey
facility: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
Study officials:
affiliation: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
name: Arzu Keskin Aktan
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Marmara University
name: Nilüfer Keskin Dilbay
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
name: Özden Kutlay
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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