NCT05505786

The Effects of Increased vs. Traditional Squat Stance Width on Performance Indices in Elite Rugby League Players

The Effects of Increased vs. Traditional Squat Stance Width on Performance Indices in Elite Rugby League Players; an 8-week Pre-season Randomized Control Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Central Lancashire · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The back squat is a commonly utilized resistance training exercise for the promotion of both performance and musculoskeletal health. There are a range of manipulations that can be made to the setup of this resistance exercise, with once such adaptation being the stance width when performing the exercise. This intervention aims to explore the effects of increasing the stance with on performance indices in elite rugby league players.

Conditions

• Sports Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Normal stance width	Normal self-selected stance width when performing squat exercises.
BEHAVIORAL	Wide stance width	Increased stance with (by 20% over their own self-selected stance width) when performing squat exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2022-04-01
• First posted: 2022-08-18
• Last updated: 2022-09-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom