Clinical trial NCT03864159: Suction Cups and Foam Roller in the Improvement of the Flexibility in Basketball Players
Official title: Efficacy of an Intervention Using the Suction Cups and the Foam Roller in the Improvement of the Flexibility of the Ischiotibial Musculature in Basketball Players From 18 to 25 Years Old. A Randomized Clinical Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Flexibility, Waxy
Keywords: Cupping therapy
Foam roller
Basketball
Flexibility
Hamstring
Lead sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2019-03-06
Enrollment: 20
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Introduction. Basketball is a predominantly anaerobic exercise that exposes to high intensity actions (jumps, speed control, accelerations and decelerations, and changes of direction). A lack of flexibility can affect the appearance of muscle injuries. Foam roller is a myofascial self-release technique using a foam roller. The suction cups are an instrumental technique where the negative pressure produces an increase in the blood flow of the tissues.

Goals. To evaluate the effectiveness of a physiotherapy intervention through suction cups and foam roller in amateur basketball players.

Study design. Randomized, single-blind clinical study with a follow-up period. Methodology. The 20 basketball players that are expected to be recruited will be randomly assigned to the two study groups: experimental (suction cups and Foam roller) and control (Foam roller). The intervention will last 4 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions. The study variable will be: hamstring flexibility (measured with finger-ground, Well and Shober tests). The analysis of normality will be carried out with the Shapiro-Wilk test. In case of homogeneity of the groups, we will use parametric tests: t-student test of repeated measures (difference between evaluations) and ANOVA of repeated means (intra and intersubject effect).

Expected results. An intervention using suction cups and foam roller is effective in improving the flexibility of the hamstring muscles in basketball players.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age between 18 to 25 years
* Amateur basketball players
* Belong to the Celeste club
* Not having any injury to the hamstring musculature at the time of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* At the time of the study they are included in a program of individualized strength training in lower limbs
* Subjects with alterations in venous return or congenital coagulopathies
* Subjects who present hypermobility
* Not signed the informed consent document

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline elongation capacity of the hamstring musculature 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 ischithiobial extensibility 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 flexibility 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
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Europea de Madrid
name: Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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