Clinical trial NCT03865797: Core Work and Sports Bandage in Rugby Players
Official title: Effectiveness of Core Work and Sports Bandage to Improve Ankle Instability in Rugby Players: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Rugby
Lead sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2019-03-07
Enrollment: 25
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Introduction. Lower limb injuries are characteristic of rugby players. Core exercises aim to improve ankle stability. The ankle bandage in 8 is used in the approach to injuries to provide better stability in the joint.

Objectives. To assess the effectiveness of an intervention through motor control and bandage on lower limb stability in rugby players from 18 to 40 years old.

Study design. Randomized, single-blind clinical study with a follow-up period. Methodology. Twenty-five rugby players will be recruited to be randomized to the two study groups: experimental (specific exercises for the Core area and ankle bandage) and control (Core motor control). The intervention will last 4 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions of 15min each. The study variables will be: core motor control (measured with plate test, trunk flexion test and modified Biering-Sorensen test) and the stability of the lower limbs (measured with Double Heel Rise and Single Heel Rise test). A descriptive analysis will be carried out calculating the main statistical characteristics. Through an analysis of Shapiro-Wills the normality of the study groups will be calculated, and through an analysis with the parametric tests of t-student and ANOVA of repeated measures, we will evaluate the difference after the evaluations in both groups and the intra-e intersubject, respectively.

Expected results. Increased motor control of the core and stability of lower limbs.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Rugby players
* Both gender
* From 18 to 40 years old
* Federated.

Exclusion Criteria:

* At the time of the study, they present an injury that prevents them from carrying out the proposed intervention
* Included in a personal training regime
* With musculoskeletal injuries in the ankle in the last 3 months
* Not sign the informed consent document.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline central stability 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 Core rating 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 trunk strength 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 ankle stability 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 ankle stability 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
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