NCT05854459

HIIT With an Eccentric Hamstring Exercise Program in Futsal Players

Effects of High-intensity Interval Training With an Eccentric Hamstring Exercise Program in Futsal Players

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Physiotherapy protocols based on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or eccentric hamstring exercises like Nordic Curl (NC) have been scarcely studied in futsal players. The hypothesis of this study is that a HIIT combined with an NC exercise program is more effective than a HIIT-only program in improving physical and functional characteristics in futsal players.

Detailed description

The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a HIIT combined with an NC exercise program versus a HIIT-only program in futsal players. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial will be carried out. Futsal players will be divided into 1) HIIT+NC group and 2) HIIT group. The HIIT+NC group will perform a HIIT circuit combined with 3 sets of 10 NC repetitions for 4 weeks, while the HIIT group will perform the same protocol without NC exercise. BMI, intermittent work performance, vertical jump performance without and with arms, isometric strength of quadriceps and hamstrings, and the isometric H/Q ratio, will be assessed before and after the interventions.

Conditions

• Athletic Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	HIIT and Nordic Curl exercise program	The training program in the HIIT+NC group was divided into the following parts: i) warm-up (10 minutes); ii) HIIT (25 minutes) consisting of a circuit of eight exercises; iii) Nordic curl exercise (10 mintues); and iv) stretching.
OTHER	HIIT-only program	The HIIT group performed the same exercises in the warm-up, HIIT and stretching sections as the HIIT+NC group, however, they did not perform the NC eccentric exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-04-30
• First posted: 2023-05-11
• Last updated: 2023-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain