Clinical trial NCT03247777: Benefits of Traditional and Golf-specific Resistance Training in Amateur Female Golfers
Official title: Benefits of Traditional and Golf-specific Resistance Training in Amateur Female Golfers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Improved Performance in Amateur Female Golfers (MESH Term: Body Composition)
Keywords: golf
strength training
physical performance tests
body composition
Lead sponsor: High Point University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-08-14
Enrollment: 45
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Amateur female golfers were randomized to either a functional weight lifting group or a traditional weight lift group. Testing, consisting of performance measures and golf measures, was performed at baseline and after 10 weeks of weight lifting.

Detailed description: A randomized control trial to compare the effects of 10 weeks of two different types of training in recreationally active female golfers was performed. Participants were recruited through postings at local country clubs and public golf courses, as well as through emails to state and local women's golf associations. Following written informed consent approved by the university's institutional review board, participants completed a medical and golf history questionnaire. Golf-specific information gathered via the history form included self-reported number of years playing golf, handicap, frequency of play, frequency of practice. Baseline testing followed, consisting of measurement of height and weight using a stadiometer, bone density and body composition using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), 7-iron and driver club speed and total ball distance using a golf simulator (High Definition Golf, Interactive Sports Technologies, Vaughan, Ontario), and physical performance tests. Participants were then randomly assigned, using a random number generator, to either a traditional resistance training group (TRAD) or a golf-specific resistance training group (GSRT). Resistance training was conducted 3 days per week for 10 weeks. Each training session was directly supervised by at least one of the researchers, such that correct technique and appropriate resistance could be monitored. Following the 10 weeks of training, participants repeated the testing procedures under similar conditions as baseline testing.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* females ≥18 years of age,
* and an official handicap or completion of at least 5 rounds of golf within the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria were current episode of musculoskeletal pain,
* unable to stand and swing a golf club independently,
* systemic disease including but not limited to rheumatologic disease or cancer,
* or psychological or other cognitive impairment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Driver club speed
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: 7-iron club speed
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Driver distance
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: 7-iron distance
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Seated rotation flexibility
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Weighted ball golf toss
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Weighted ball seated toss
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Bone density
timeFrame: 10 weeks
measure: Body fat percentage
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Locations:
city: High Point
country: United States
facility: Human Biomechanics and Physiology Study
state: North Carolina
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