NCT03871738

Proprioception in the Improvement of Sports Performance in Long Jumpers.

Efficiency of a Proprioception Work in the Improvement of Sports Performance in Long Jumpers. A Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 139 (actual)
• Sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia · Network
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction: In jumping sports the tendinopathies of patellar and Achilles tendon are very frequent. Sports performance is the action that optimizes the relationship between physical abilities and the exercise to be performed. Good proprioceptive work favors the correct execution of the technique in jumping sports. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of the lower limb proprioception exercise in the increase of sports performance, in adults and federated long jumpers Study design: Randomized single-blind multicenter study, with follow-up period. Methods: The 139 subjects included in the study will be randomly assigned to the two study groups: experimental (proprioception protocol) and control (non-intervention group). The intervention will be carried out for 4 weeks, with two weekly sessions, lasting 25 minutes. Three evaluations were carried out (baseline, post-intervention and follow-up). The study variables will be: Proprioception (evaluated by the Romberg test and the SEBT), and sports performance (evaluated with vertical, horizontal jump and competition simulation tests). The analysis of normality will be carried out by the Kolmogorov Smirnof test and in the case of homogeneity of the groups, through the t-student test of related measures and an ANOVA of repeated means, we will calculate the difference between the different evaluations and the effect intra and intersubject. Expected results. To observe improvement in sports performance, once the proprioceptive exercises have been carried out.

Conditions

• Proprioceptive Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Proprioceptive training	The intervention to the experimental group will consist of the application of the protocol of proprioception exercises. Before the exercises of the protocol, a warm-up will be carried out that will last 3 minutes and consists of exercises of joint mobility and jumping rope. The protocol consists in carrying out two exercises per session, of 10 minutes each. A minute of rest will be implemented between the warm-up and the completion of the protocol, in addition to one minute between the two proprioception exercises in each session. The exercises will vary from week to week, and all the protocol exercises should be done barefoot. The exercise protocol proposed in this study consists of a total of 7 exercises: of unipodal and bipodal support, with unstable surfaces and postural changes.

Timeline

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

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain