NCT02925377

Neuromuscular Warm-up Intervention to Improve Postural Control in Female Handball Players

Efficacy of a Specific Warm-up Program to Improve Static and Dynamic Postural Control in Adult Female Handball Players

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations of static and dynamic balance as potential injury risk factors to a specific warm-up program focusing on neuromuscular control.

Conditions

• Postural Balance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Neuromuscular warm-up	The intervention group replaced their regular warm-up routine with seven neuromuscular warm-up exercises performed for 15 minutes prior to each practice session (3x/week) over a period of eleven weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard warm-up	Athletes in the control group followed their regular 15 minutes warm-up routine provided by the team coaches.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2016-10-05
• Last updated: 2016-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany