NCT06599242

The Effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy on Balance, Jumping Performance and Sports Injury Anxiety in American Football Players

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yeditepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) on balance, jump performance and sports injury anxiety in American football players. Participants were divided into two groups, Body Awareness Therapy Treatment Group (n=22) and a Control group(n=22), by computer-based randomization.

Detailed description

This study aims to investigate the effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) on balance, jump performance and sports injury anxiety in American football players. Participants were divided into two groups, Body Awareness Therapy Treatment Group (n=22) and a Control group(n=22), by computer-based randomization. Before starting the study, all participants were given detailed information about the content of the study and filled out a voluntary consent form. All participants in both groups were evaluated under the same conditions and surveys were conducted. The intervention group was given BBAT exercises by a physiotherapist who had received BBTA training 2 days a week for 6 weeks. All participants continued their team training during this period. At the end of the 6 weeks, all participants were given the same conditions and the surveys were repeated.

Conditions

• Sport Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Basic Body Awareness Therapy	Basic Body Awareness Therapy is an exercise approach belonging to physiotherapists
OTHER	American football team training	American football team training

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-03
• Primary completion: 2024-09-16
• Completion: 2024-09-16
• First posted: 2024-09-19
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)