Clinical trial NCT03866096: Neuromuscular Training and Strengthening CORE in Volleyball Amateur Players 18 to 25 Years
Official title: Neuromuscular Training and Strengthening CORE Front of a Neuromuscular Training on Improvement of Knee Stability, Balance and Power in the Vertical Jump in Volleyball Amateur Players. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stability
Lead sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2019-03-07
Enrollment: 30
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Introduction. The most popular injuries in volleyball are the ones who occur in knee joints, due the jumps and landings that happen through the game. For this reason there is a high index of loss of stability because of the dynamic valgus during the landing, a loss of balance and a decrease of power during the jumps.

Objective. Evaluate the effectiveness of neuromuscular training in combination with strengthening of CORE in the improvement of knee joint stability, balance and power in vertical jump in volleyball players from 18 to 25 years old.

Study design. Randomized, multicenter, single-blind clinical study with follow-up period.

Methods. The study will be realized with an initial sample of 30 players, which in a random way, will be divided into two groups: experimental and control. It will be realized an initial evaluation where sociodemographic, anthropometric and clinical measures will be taken, and the study variables: knee joint stability (single leg squat test), balance (star excursion balance test) and vertical jump (sargent jump test). The intervention will last six weeks, with two sessions per week of approximately twenty minutes each.

Expected results. The investigators expected to observe improvement in the stability in the knee joint, balance and power in the vertical jump in 18-25 years volleyball players that have received a neuromuscular training with strengthening of CORE.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volleyball players
* Female
* From 18 to 25 years
* With more than one year of sports practice
* Currently participate in amateur industry competitions

Exclusion Criteria:

* Present a medical diagnosis of musculoskeletal injury at the time of beginning the study
* Receive a physiotherapy treatment unrelated to the study
* Have suffered neurological pathology in the last 6 months
* Have some type of auditory or vestibular disorder
* Not signed the informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline the balance after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline vertical jump power after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline joint stability of the knee after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Europea de Madrid
state: Comunity Of Madrid
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Europea de Madrid
name: Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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