Clinical trial NCT06490354: Effectiveness of the Use of Lightback in Conventional Football Training.
Official title: Effectiveness of the Use of Lightback in Conventional Football Training. Randomised Clinical Trial.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Injury; Hip
Keywords: hip
gluteal regions
range of motion, articular
footballs
Lead sponsor: Universidad Católica de Ávila
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-08
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Lightback is a patented device that allows instrumental stretching of the gluteal muscles. Football players overload this musculature and this type of device is effective and the cost/benefit ratio is high.

The intention is to carry out a randomised clinical trial to carry out a study on athletes to see the differences between a group of football players with their normal training and a group of football players with their normal training and the application of lightback beforehand.

The variables studied will be sprint speed in 20 and 40m, vertical jump height, hamstring muscle injuries throughout the season, triceps sural injuries throughout the season, internal and external hip ROM, dorsal flexion ankle ROM.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Professional football players
* Age range 18 to 45 years
* Able to perform physical exertion without discomfort.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Football players recently injured or in an active recovery phase.
* Heterometrics
* Non-collaborators
* Alteration of sensitivity

Primary outcomes:
measure: Range of motion
timeFrame: 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sprint
timeFrame: 5 weeks
measure: Vertical jump height
timeFrame: 5 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ávila
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Católica de Ávila
Study officials:
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