Motor Imagery and Muscle Architecture

NCT05558033 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2022-11475
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of plyometric training on biceps femoris longus (BFl) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle architecture in healthy football players. Individuals will be randomly placed into training and control groups. Measurements of muscle architecture will be taken bilaterally from BFl and VL muscles by means of an ultrasound device. Functional performance will be evaluated with the single leg jump test. Following the initial evaluations, individuals in the training group will receive plyometric training. Evaluations of muscle architecture and functional performance will be taken again from the individuals in the training and control groups at the end of the 4th and 8th weeks. The received ultrasound images will be calculated through the MicroDicom software. In-group and between-group comparisons will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program and appropriate tests.

Conditions

Muscle Architecture

Keywords

motor imagery; action observation; plyometric training; biceps femoris; vastus lateralis; muscle architecture; fiber length; pennation angle; muscle thickness; function; single leg jump

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Muscle Architecture Change-1

  Fiber length of the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris longus muscles

  Before, at the end of the fourth week and the eighth week

• Muscle Architecture Change-2

  Pennation angle of the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris longus muscles

  Before, at the end of the fourth week and the eighth week

• Muscle Architecture Change-3

  Muscle thickness of the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris longus muscles

  Before, at the end of the fourth week and the eighth week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Functional Performance Change-1

  Before, at the end of the fourth week and the eighth week

Study Arms (2)

Plyometric Training Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Individuals in the plyometric training group will receive plyometric training. In this training, individuals will not participate in a real plyometric training. Volunteers will watch videos to be prepared (action observation) and imagine them performing those exercises (motor imagery). All trainings will be given on the basis of telerehabilitation via distance education tools.

Other: Plyometric Exercise

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Athletes in this group will continue their routine training programs like the athletes in the plyometric training group.

Other: Football Training

Interventions

Plyometric Exercise OTHER

Plyometric training consisting of ten different exercises \[vertical unilateral and bilateral counter movement jump, horizontal unilateral and bilateral counter movement jump, drop jump (30 cm), squat jump, step-hop (20 cm), 180 degree rotation in transverse plane, frontal plane hurdle jump (20 cm) and sagittal plane hurdle jump (20 cm)\] for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week. Individuals will not participate in a real plyometric training. Volunteers will watch videos to be prepared (action observation) and imagine them performing those exercises (motor imagery)

Plyometric Training Group

Football Training OTHER

Routine football trainings

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Be in the 12-19 age range
• Being actively playing football as licensed

You may not qualify if:

• Those who have undergone lower extremity surgery
• Those with a history of second and third degree strain type injuries in the hamstring and quadriceps muscle groups
• Those with a history of injury to the lower extremity in the last two years
• Those with a history of congenital, neurological, orthopedic, rheumatological and cardiopulmonary pathologies or anomalies,
• Those with a diagnosis of systemic disease (diabetes, blood pressure, thyroid diseases, etc.)
• Those with acute infection and pain
• Those with a diagnosis of joint instability
• Those with a body mass index of 30 and above
• Those who received energy supplements or ergogenic aids during the study or during the 6-month period before the study
• Those who do not follow the research protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Of Football Club

Trabzon, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

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 Officials

• Özlem Ülger

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Murat Emirzeoğlu, MSc

CONTACT

+90 312 305 15 77; muratemirzeoglu@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Parallel group randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2022
• First Posted: September 28, 2022
• Study Start: November 21, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: November 29, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Locations

TU (1)