NCT03870321

Core Training to Improve Abdominal Strength Strength and Ankle Proprioception in Basketball Players

Efficacy of Core Training to Improve Abdominal Strength Strength and Analyze Whether it Provides Improvement in Ankle Proprioception in Federated Basketball Players From 18 to 40 Years: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia · Network
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction. The prevalence of ankle injuries in basketball are high. The lack of balance in the ankle is one of the main causes that produces these injuries. The goal of core training is to increase the physical capacities of resistance strength in the abdomen and analyze if it produces improvement in proprioception in the ankle joint in basketball players. Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of Core training to improve the strength of the abdomen and analyze if it produces improvement in proprioception in ankle of basketball players. Study design. Randomized, multicentric, single-blind clinical study with a follow-up period. Methods. The 30 participants recruited will be randomly assigned to the two study groups: experimental (Core training for strength in the abdomen) and control (without intervention). The treatment will last 4 weeks, with 3 weekly sessions, approximately 20 minutes each. There will be three evaluations (pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up). On the dependent variables: strength core resistance (evaluated with Trunk Flexor Test, Trunk Extender Test, and Side Bridge Test) and proprioception (measured with the Star Excursion Balance tests and Romberg test) With the Kolmogorov Smirnov statistical test we will calculate the normality and with the t-student test of paired data and an ANOVA of repeated measures, we will obtain the difference between the three evaluations and the intra and intersubject effect, respectively. Expected results. To observe improvement in strength in the abdomen and analyze if it produces improvement in proprioception in the ankle of basketball players.

Conditions

• Proprioceptive Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Core training	In the first week different types of abdominal exercises will be performed: standard, with trunk rotation, extension of the back raising the upper extremity of the body and legs, extension of the back raising one arm and the contralateral leg. In the same way, the subject will raise from the quadruped position one arm and the contralateral leg on each side, and we will ask for the exercise of the front plate, positioning itself in a position of four support points: feet and elbows. When performing the rear bridge exercise the subject will raise the trunk resting on both feet, while in the lateral bridge exercise will be done with support on the right and left side. All exercises will be done for 30 seconds, in 3 series). During the next three weeks we will continue with the same training, but for each week we will increase 10 seconds per exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-15
• Completion: 2019-06-20
• First posted: 2019-03-12
• Last updated: 2020-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain