Clinical trial NCT04161222: Effectiveness of a Protocol of Specific Activation.
Official title: Effectiveness of Specific Core Activation Protocol on Lower Limb Stability in Soccer Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Injuries:Knee Injuries
Keywords: Knee stability.
Core
Gluteus medius
Warm-up
Football
Lead sponsor: University of Cadiz
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-11-13
Enrollment: 22
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A specialist physician will be diagnosed the process.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: In football, knee is the joint that suffers the most severe injuries. Sometimes, this is produced by poor pre-activation of the musculature that is responsible for knee stability and central stability.

OBJETIVE: Study the efficacy of specific gluteus medius and core activation protocol in knee stability in youth football players.

Detailed description: A randomized, longitudinal clinical trial with a blinded and prospective evaluator will be carried out, in which the knee stability will be evaluated with the following tests: Y-balance test and Flamingo balance test. The measurements will be made before and after the intervention. The study will be carried out with patients evaluated by a specialist in Traumatology and will be randomly divided by a system of numerical tables through a computer program between the experimental and control groups. The control group will perform a typical warm-up of competitive football; and the experimental one will do this above, added to a specific activation of gluteus medius and core. Dynamic stability (Y-balance test) and postural and static stability (Flamingo balance test) will be measured before and after the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Perform soccer sports practice, at least 3 times a week at a competitive level.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with a knee surgery.
* Patients who are injured at the time of the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Y-balance test
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Y-balance test
timeFrame: Baseline and four weeks.
measure: Flamingobalance test
timeFrame: Baseline and four weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Puerto Real
country: Spain
facility: Ciudad Deportiva Bahía de Cádiz
state: Cádiz
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Cádiz
name: Manuel Rodriguez Huguet
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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