Neuromuscular Training on Handball Players Selected Physical Fitness Components, Functional Movement and Handball Skills

NCT05658978 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GS61103
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The neuromuscular training improves nerve-muscle control while increasing the stability of functioning joints. Furthermore, Neuromuscular training has been proven to influence the sensitivity and reactivity of the central nervous system and improves the power of athletes by targeting motor units and coordinating motor units and increasing muscle activation. These enhancements resulted in skillful movements and significantly improved agility, balance, muscular strength and muscular power among individuals. The neuromuscular training also focuses on promoting functional joint stability by improving athletes' neuromuscular control and has been proven to significantly enhance athletes' performance. Finally, to evaluate that neuromuscular training can improve elite male handball players' physical fitness components, handball skills and functional movement.

Conditions

Inactivity, Physical

Keywords

Physical Fitness Components; Handball Skills; Functional movement; Male Handball Players

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Speed performance of handball players

  Speed will be measured by a 30-meter sprint test. To monitor the development of the athlete's maximum sprint speed, the 20m sprint test measurement also has a high reliability value (r=0.94 to 0.98).

  2 weeks

• Agility performance of handball players

  Agility will be measured by Illinois agility test running agility using various turns and movements. Participants should lie on their front (head to the start line) and hands by their shoulders. On the 'Go' command the stopwatch is started, and the athlete gets up as quickly as possible and runs forwards 10 meters to run around a cone, then back 10 meters, then runs up and back through a slalom course of four cones. Finally, the athlete runs another 10 meters up and back past the finishing cone.

  3 weeks

• Balance performance of handball players

  Balance will be measured by the Star excursion balance test (SEBT). Balance ability of athletes on an activity to keep their balance equilibrium. It is a type of dynamic stability testing. The SEBT involves having a participant maintain a base of support with one leg while maximally reaching in different directions with the opposite leg without compromising base of support of stance leg.

  4 weeks

• Explosive power of handball players

  To measure the explosive power of the leg in vertical jump height jumped. The player chalks the end of his fingertips, stands side onto the wall, keeping both feet remaining on the ground, reaches up as high as possible with one hand and marks the wall with the tips of the fingers. From a static position jump as high as possible and marks the wall with the chalk on his fingertips.

  5 weeks

• Flexibility of handball players

  The test will be conducted indoors using a static sit and reach box, supplied with a tape measure. The participant will give the instruction to sit with legs together and extended in front of him, so that the feet (shoes off) touch the first step. Both knees will be held together and flat on the floor. The purpose of this test is to assess the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring. The intra-class correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability for the sit and reach test was 0.93.

  6 weeks

• Muscular Strength of handball players

  Muscular strength will be measured by the 1RM test. Test-retest ICCs ranged from 0.64 to 0.99 (median ICC = 0.97), where 92% of ICCs were ≥ 0.90, and 97% of ICCs were ≥ 0.80. Based on the previous studies, it can be concluded that the 1RM test generally has good to excellent test-retest reliability, part of the body assessed (upper vs. lower body).

  8 weeks

• Functional Movement of handball players

  The FMS will be used to assess the study participants using the standard 0-3 ordinal scale. A score of 3 will be awarded for performing the specific movement perfectly, a score of 2 for completing the movement with some compensatory movements observed, a score of 1 for the subject failing to complete the movement, and a score of 0 for the movement being painful. Functional movement assesses through the FMS Kit.

  9 weeks

• Dribbling skill performance of handball players

  Slalom sprint and dribble test will measure dribbling performance. Twelve cones will be placed in a zigzag pattern, and the participant is to slalom the 30-m course as fast as possible. Sprints will be timed using a stopwatch. Slalom sprint and dribble test the indication of a good reliability (without ball: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient \[ICC\] = 0.91; with ball: ICC = 0.79) and validity (i.e., discriminative between level of performances).

  11 weeks

• Shooting skill performance of handball players

  Shooting skill performance will be measure by shooting accuracy test. To measure the shooting ability of accuracy for team handball players can make throws at the target in team handball. Each player had eight shots executed from five different positions, previously established, in the direction of the goal.

  12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Neuromuscular training of male handball players

EXPERIMENTAL

Neuromuscular training exercises focus on improving physical fitness and skills performance. Neuromuscular training targets the neuromuscular system through engagements of muscle groups as well as nerve function to optimize movements. This training has been considered an effective treatment method to enhance the neurophysiological entity of the joints for coordinated functioning. However, the present study applied neuromuscular training to elite male handball players to assess fitness level as well as skill performance. Post-test 1 will be after 6 weeks, and post-test 2 after 12 weeks to measure performance.

Other: Neuromuscular training

Male handball players continue previous regular exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Handball players as a control group will be continuing their previous regular exercises for 12 weeks.

Other: Control group

Interventions

Neuromuscular training OTHER

Neuromuscular training Length: 12 weeks; Training duration: 90 minutes; Intensity: 70-95%; 3 days per week. The intensity of the training is increasing in the first 20 minutes, and the intensity is gradually decreasing in the next 5 minutes; Rest: 30 seconds rest between exercises and 1-minute rest between sets.

Neuromuscular training of male handball players

Control group OTHER

The Control group continues previous regular exercises for 12 weeks with a duration of 90 minutes and three days per week.

Male handball players continue previous regular exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The population must be elite male handball players between the ages of 18 to 22
• Able to perform all tests and be Physically active (no previous experience performing neuromuscular training)
• Only players who understand the study purposes and procedures and can complete this training requirement can be included in the research data.

You may not qualify if:

• Female handball players should be excluded from this study
• On medication that may affect body composition and muscles activity
• Presently engaged in regular neuromuscular training programs
• Players who are consistently late or absent from training sessions will eventually be excluded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universiti Putra Malaysia: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Agriculture, Hub of Handball in Pakistan

Faisalābad, Punjab Province, 38000, Pakistan

Location

Related Publications (5)

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  PMID: 20703159 BACKGROUND

• Barber-Westin, S., Hermeto, A., and Noyes, M.D.F. (2015). A six-week neuromuscular and performance training program improves speed, agility, dynamic balance, and core endurance in junior tennis players. J Athl Enhancement 4.

  BACKGROUND

• Borghuis, A. J., Lemmink, K. A., Hof, A. L., & Visscher, C. 5. The Effect of a Soccer-Specific Neuromuscular Training Program on Stability, Agility and Injury in Elite Youth Soccer. Core Stability in Soccer: it's a Matter of Control! 83.

  BACKGROUND

• McLeod TC, Armstrong T, Miller M, Sauers JL. Balance improvements in female high school basketball players after a 6-week neuromuscular-training program. J Sport Rehabil. 2009 Nov;18(4):465-81. doi: 10.1123/jsr.18.4.465.

  PMID: 20108849 BACKGROUND

• Trajkovic N, Bogataj S. Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Motor Competence and Physical Performance in Young Female Volleyball Players. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 8;17(5):1755. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051755.

  PMID: 32182680 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Saddam Akbar, PhD

  Universiti Putra Malaysia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: In this experiment, the experimental group will continue neuromuscular training exercises and the control group will continue previous regular exercises with coaches' guidelines. Each group has equally male players.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 19, 2022
• First Posted: December 21, 2022
• Study Start: January 2, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 12, 2023
• Study Completion: March 28, 2023
• Last Updated: July 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)