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

NCT06599242 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: YeditepeU-PTR-AEA-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Sport Injury

Keywords

American Football; Basic Body Awareness Therapy,

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Balance

  Static balance ( Flamingo Balance Test) and dynamic balance ( Y Balance Test )

  6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Jump Performance

  6 weeks

Other Outcomes (2)

• Sports Injury Anxiety

  6 weeks

• Body Awareness Questionnaire

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group ( BBATG)

EXPERIMENTAL

Basic Body Awareness Therapy Exercises American football team training

Other: Basic Body Awareness Therapy; Other: American football team training

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

American football team training

Other: American football team training

Interventions

Basic Body Awareness Therapy OTHER

Basic Body Awareness Therapy is an exercise approach belonging to physiotherapists

Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group ( BBATG)

American football team training OTHER

American football team training

Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group ( BBATG); Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Being a licensed American football player
• Playing in the university league
• Continue training for at least 1 year
• To be between the ages of 18-25
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• No disabilities for assessment tests

You may not qualify if:

• Orthopedic injury in the last 6 months
• Having undergone lower extremity surgery in the last 1 year
• Loss of vision and hearing
• Presence of a neurological defect- The athlete (if female) is not pregnant

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yeditepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yeditepe University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Athletes who play American football at Yeditepe University American Football Team Club and volunteered to participate in the study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2024
• First Posted: September 19, 2024
• Study Start: June 3, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 16, 2024
• Study Completion: September 16, 2024
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)