Effect of an Injury Prevention Program on the Lower Limb Stability in Young Volleyball Players

NCT04230798 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Injury prevention volleyball
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 29
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Volleyball players have a high injury risk as a consequence of the specific sport characteristics, as repetitive jumps and falls. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a multidisciplinary injury prevention program on lower limb stability in young volleyball players. It was spected to improve the stability of the lowe limb and, as a consecuence, to reduce the injury risk of the most common injuries in volleyball.

Conditions

Sports Injury

Keywords

Sport; Strength; Plyometrics; Core stability; Prevention program; Young athletes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Dynamic stability change

  Dynamic stability was assesed whith the Y-Balance test device and protocol

  Change of Dynamic stability after 8 weeks

• Static stability change

  Assesed with a forces platform. After a frontal jump and lateral jump respectively

  Change of Static stability after 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Height change

  Change of heigth after 8 weeks

• Weight change

  Change of weight after 8 weeks

• Leg length change

  Change of the leg length after 8 weeks

• Sport and record of previous injuries

  At the begining of the study

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

This group did not perform any specific exercise program nor injury prevention program. They continued their normal training routine

Prevention program

EXPERIMENTAL

This group performed two sessions per week of the injury prevention program. The program included strength training, plyometrics and core stability training.

Other: Injury prevention program

Interventions

Injury prevention program OTHER

The intervention program consisted in 16 sessions, performed during eight weeks, twice per week. Intervention group performed 20 minutes sessions before their habitual volleyball training. The structure of the prevention program consisted in a warm up, a lower limb strength exercise; two core exercises; a lower limb plyometric exercise, and a lower limb stability exercise. While the injury prevention program was being performed, both groups continued with their volleyball training sessions.

Prevention program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• to train volleyball twice or three times a week, at least an hour and half each session
• to take part in federated competitions regularly
• to have been competing in volleyball at least two seasons

You may not qualify if:

• to leave the training or the competition during the study
• to suffer an injury at the beginning of the intervention program or during the process
• to miss more than 25% of the training during the intervention program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad Católica San Antonio

Murcia, 30107, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Athletic Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Master

  Universidad Católica San Antonio

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master´s Degree

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2020
• First Posted: January 18, 2020
• Study Start: January 9, 2018
• Primary Completion: March 23, 2018
• Study Completion: March 23, 2018
• Last Updated: July 27, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)