NCT04967937

Neuromuscular Training Improves Single-Limb Stability

Neuromuscular Training Improves Single-Limb Stability in Young Female Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 13 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pretest/post-test study design, study will try to determine if a 6-week neuromuscular training program designed to decrease the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries would improve single-limb stability in young female athletes. Healthy female high school athletes will participate in this study. Single-limb postural stability for both lower extremities will be assessed with Stork balance test, Star Excursion Balance Test for Dynamic Balance and Single leg stance test for static balance. Participants will be included through convenient sampling. Informed consent will be taken from all the participants.

Detailed description

In this Controlled single-group pretest/post-test study design, study will try to determine if a 6-week neuromuscular training program designed to decrease the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries would improve single-limb stability in young female athletes. Current study hypothesized that neuromuscular training would result in an improvement of postural stability, with the greatest improvement taking place in the medial-lateral direction. Healthy female high school athletes will participate in this study. Single-limb postural stability for both lower extremities will be assessed with Stork balance test, Star Excursion Balance Test for Dynamic Balance and Single leg stance test for static balance. Participants will be included through convenient sampling. Informed consent will be taken from all the participants. Those individuals who will match the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be a part of the study. The neuromuscular training program will consist of three 90-minute training sessions per week for 6 weeks. Following the completion of the training program, each subject will be re-evaluated to determine change in total, anterior-posterior, and medial-lateral single-limb stability.

Conditions

• ACL Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Strengthening, resistance exercise, plyometric and dynamic movement training	(1) balance training and hip/pelvis/trunk strengthening, (2) plyometrics and dynamic movement training, and (3) resistance training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-30
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2021-07-20
• Last updated: 2021-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan