Clinical trial NCT03866889: Guided Training Program of Maximum Strength in Military Personnel
Official title: Efficacy of an Intervention Through a Guided Training Program of Maximum Strength, in the Improvement of the Functionality of the Lower Member in Military Personnel. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Military Activity
Keywords: Strength
Military
Functionality
Physiotherapy
Randomized clinical trial
Lead sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2019-03-07
Enrollment: 65
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Introduction. The members of the Military Emergency Unit must be physically prepared for any type of situation where required, although their strength training does not follow any concrete structure. Structured training of maximum strength aims to increase the recruitment of different types of fibers, and the increase in the size of these.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a maximum strength training protocol in lower extremity functionality in military personnel aged 25 to 45 years.

Study design. Randomized, single-blind clinical study with follow-up period. Methodology. 65 male subjects will be recruited, who will be randomly assigned to the two study groups: experimental (structured strength training) and control (they will continue with their usual routine of free training). The intervention will last for 8 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions, lasting 20 minutes, with three evaluations (baseline, posttreatment and follow-up). The study variables will be: lower limb functionality (assessed by Standing Long Jump and Single Leg Hop tests), and quadriceps and hamstring strength (evaluated with the MRI measurement for each exercise). To perform the analysis of normality, the Kolmogorov Smirnof test will be used. In case of homogeneity, with the t-student test of repeated measures and an ANOVA of repeated means, the difference between the different evaluations and the intra and intersubject effect, respectively, will be calculated.

Expected results. Effectiveness of structured training of maximum strength in functionality of lower extremities.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Military personnel belonging to the Military Emergency Unit
* male
* With an age of 25 to 45 years
* No history of musculoskeletal injury in the 3 months prior to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Present a diagnosis of injury in the period prior to or during the study
* Who are receiving a physiotherapy intervention at the time of the study
* Not signed the informed consent document

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline Maximum strength after treatment and at one month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline lower limb functionality after treatment and at one month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline lower limb functionality after treatment and at one 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
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