Clinical trial NCT07023276: Agility and Performance Among High School Basketball Players Following a Coach-Led Neuromuscular Training Program
Official title: Agility and Movement Quality Among High School Basketball Players Following a Coach-Led Neuromuscular Training Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Athletic Performance
Keywords: NMT
neuromuscular training
basketball
movement control
agility
movement mechanics
Lead sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-15
Enrollment: 115
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to examine changes in agility and athletic performance of high school basketball players following a coach-led neuromuscular training program. Outcomes were measured at pre- and post-season data collection sessions. Additionally, player attendance and warm-up adherence was self recorded by coaches.

Detailed description: This study recruited high school basketball teams from the greater New York City area. Coaches from the participating teams were trained to implement a neuromuscular training program to their players at the start of a warm-up prior to all practices and games for the duration of their basketball season (10-14 weeks). At pre-season and post-season data collection sessions, players completed agility and movement quality testing. Agility was measured by the Lane Agility Test (LAT) and movement quality testing was measured through completing a series of single leg squats. The single leg squats were recorded and analyzed using a previously scoring criteria (Di Paolo et al. 2024). After videos were analyzed, players were given an overall movement quality score using the scoring criteria.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Ages 14-18 years old
* Active participant on a high school level basketball team with a coach/coaches fluent in English
* Completion of pre- and post-season testing

Exclusion Criteria:

- Individuals who did not complete pre- or post-season testing

Primary outcomes:
measure: Lane Agility Test (LAT)
timeFrame: Agility was measured at a baseline testing date and then again at the cumulation of the basketball season (duration of 10-14 weeks).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Movement Quality
timeFrame: Movement quality was measured at a baseline testing date and then again at the cumulation of the basketball season (duration of 10-14 weeks).
measure: Injury
timeFrame: Duration of the basketball season (expected duration 10-14 weeks).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Hospital for Special Surgery
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
name: Andrew D Pearle, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Stojanovic E, Aksovic N, Stojiljkovic N, Stankovic R, Scanlan AT, Milanovic Z. Reliability, Usefulness, and Factorial Validity of Change-of-direction Speed Tests in Adolescent Basketball Players. J Strength Cond Res. 2019 Nov;33(11):3162-3173. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002666.
citation: Di Paolo S, Musa F, d'Orsi GM, Grassi A, Vulpiani MC, Zaffagnini S, Della Villa F. A comprehensive two-dimensional scoring system to assess the single-leg squat task in football players. Knee. 2024 Jun;48:52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2024.02.016. Epub 2024 Mar 20.