A Comparison of Land and Water Based Plyometric Training on Fitness of Field Hockey Players

NCT02802800 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ECP214-13-14
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Field hockey players, recruited from clubs in Jamaica, will be randomized to either a water training or land training groups. Persons will be exposed to 6 weeks of plyometric training with two sessions per week. Pre and post test measures will be done for lower limb power, flexibility and agility. Distance covered, pace, heart rates and exertion during a match will also be assessed.

Conditions

Fitness Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Vertical Jump

  Vertical jump will be measured using the Brower vertical jump apparatus. The standing height with one arm extended upward is recorded and then the athlete jumps off two feet and the sensor on the bar records the jump height. Each person will complete 3 jumps and the best trial recorded. The jump height recorded is the difference between the jump height and the standing reach height.

  6 weeks

• Standing Broad Jump

  Participant will stand with feet together and then jump forward as far as they can. The trials will be completed and the best jump recorded. Distance jumped will be measured with a tape measure.

  6 weeks

• Illinois Agility Test scores

  Participants will be asked to run through a course marked out on the hockey field. The best of two trials will be recorded. Timing of the trials will be done using the Brower TC timing gate system.

  6 weeks

• Agility T test

  Participants will complete a course that is marked out on the hockey field. Two trials will be done and the best trial time recorded. Timing will be done with a stopwatch

  6 weeks

• Sit and Reach Distance

  Participants with sit on a bed with legs outstretched and their back and buttock against a wall. They will place one hand over the other and then be asked to reach forward as far as they can without bending their knees. Three trials will be allowed and the furthers reach distance recorded.

  6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Distance covered during a match

  6 weeks

• Heart rate during a match

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Water

EXPERIMENTAL

Plyometric Training in water, twice per week for 6 weeks.

Other: Plyometric training

Land

EXPERIMENTAL

Plyometric training on land, twice per week for 6 weeks.

Other: Plyometric training

Interventions

Plyometric training OTHER

Plyometric exercises

Also known as: Power training

Land; Water

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All club hockey players over the age of 16 in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica

You may not qualify if:

• Persons with musculoskeletal injuries of the hip or knee, who have undergone surgery or injections in the past 3 months, or who are under rehabilitation and not at the phase to undergo high intensity training will be excluded.
• Persons with skin diseases, open wounds and self-reported aqua phobia will also be excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of The West Indies: lead

Study Sites (1)

School of Physical Therapy

Kingston, KGN 6, Jamaica

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Plyometric Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2016
• First Posted: June 16, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2017
• Study Completion: January 1, 2018
• Last Updated: December 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

JA (1)