Clinical trial NCT05220215: Resistance Band Training Versus Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength Among Football Players
Official title: Compare the Effects of Resistance Band Training and Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Strength Among Football Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intervention
Injury Prevention
Keywords: Nordic Hamstring exercise
Modified sphygmomanometer
Manual muscle Testing
Resistance band
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-02-02
Enrollment: 34
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 28
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Two groups with randomization, Assignment: Nordic Hamstring exercise versus Hamstring Curl with Resistance band
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The major aim of this project to compare the effects of Resistance band training and Nordic hamstring exercise on hamstring strength among football players.

Detailed description: Hamstring strength is important in football players and plays an important role in their sprint gait cycle. Football players should develop sprinter-like musculature in order to benefit their body strength and power hence preventing from hamstring strain injuries. Professional and recreational sports like Football, hamstring muscle strength training is commonly used to increase and balance lower body strength and power.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male
2. Age: 18-28 years
3. Football players
4. Playing should be at least for 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

1. To be involved in any additional strength training program i-e: Gym Activities
2. Athletes having hamstring and Quadriceps injuries
3. History of trauma at knee, hip or back
4. Recent history of any upper and lower extremity fracture
5. Any orthopedic or neurological disorder.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Modified sphygmomanometer Test
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Manual Muscle Test (MMT)
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 40-yard dash Test
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Muscle soreness rating following exercise
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Islamabad
country: Pakistan
facility: Riphah international university
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Waqar Ahmed Awan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Monajati A, Larumbe-Zabala E, Goss-Sampson M, Naclerio F. The Effectiveness of Injury Prevention Programs to Modify Risk Factors for Non-Contact Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Hamstring Injuries in Uninjured Team Sports Athletes: A Systematic Review. PLoS One. 2016 May 12;11(5):e0155272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155272. eCollection 2016.
citation: Mjolsnes R, Arnason A, Osthagen T, Raastad T, Bahr R. A 10-week randomized trial comparing eccentric vs. concentric hamstring strength training in well-trained soccer players. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2004 Oct;14(5):311-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1600-0838.2003.367.x.
citation: Rey E, Paz-Dominguez A, Porcel-Almendral D, Paredes-Hernandez V, Barcala-Furelos R, Abelairas-Gomez C. Effects of a 10-Week Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Russian Belt Training on Posterior Lower-Limb Muscle Strength in Elite Junior Soccer Players. J Strength Cond Res. 2017 May;31(5):1198-1205. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001579.
citation: Huggins, S, Davies, N, Evans, KL, and Williams, MD. Nordic hamstring exercise strength changes over a season in academy footballers. Br J Sports Med. 2017; 51: 332.
citation: Babu SK, Paul A. Effectiveness of Nordic hamstring exercise in improving hamstring muscle flexibility, strength and endurance among young adults. Int J Health Sci Res. 2018; 8(3):119-132