Agility and Performance Among High School Basketball Players Following a Coach-Led Neuromuscular Training Program

NCT07023276 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-1571
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 115
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine changes in agility and athletic performance of high school basketball players following a coach-led neuromuscular training program. Outcomes were measured at pre- and post-season data collection sessions. Additionally, player attendance and warm-up adherence was self recorded by coaches.

Conditions

Healthy; Athletic Performance

Keywords

NMT; neuromuscular training; basketball; movement control; agility; movement mechanics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Lane Agility Test (LAT)

  The lane agility was performed according to previously published methods (Stojanović et al. 2019). The LAT was set up around the basketball court using small cones. Players started at the bottom left corner of the key underneath the basket and sprinted to the cone on the left corner of the free throw line. Players side shuffled to the right, across the free-throw line to the next cone (on the right corner of the free throw line) and then backpedaled towards the third cone at the baseline. Next, the players side-shuffled towards the original cone. Once the player's left foot went past the cone, they re-traced the same route back in the opposite direction. Time was recorded from the moment the player started the course at the bottom left key until the time that the player's entire body backpedaled across the same baseline cone.

  Agility was measured at a baseline testing date and then again at the cumulation of the basketball season (duration of 10-14 weeks).

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Movement Quality

  Movement quality was measured at a baseline testing date and then again at the cumulation of the basketball season (duration of 10-14 weeks).

• Injury

  Duration of the basketball season (expected duration 10-14 weeks).

Study Arms (1)

Neuromuscular Training Programming

EXPERIMENTAL

Coaches implemented neuromuscular training at the start of all warm-ups for practices and games.

Other: Neuromuscular Training

Interventions

Neuromuscular Training OTHER

Coaches implemented neuromuscular training at the start of all warm-ups for practices and games. The neuromuscular training program was developed by sports medicine professionals at the home institution and the National Basketball Association and incorporates established principles of motor learning and performance training and has an added emphasis of being basketball-specific.

Neuromuscular Training Programming

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Ages 14-18 years old
• Active participant on a high school level basketball team with a coach/coaches fluent in English
• Completion of pre- and post-season testing

You may not qualify if:

• \- Individuals who did not complete pre- or post-season testing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital for Special Surgery, New York: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospital for Special Surgery

New York, New York, 10021, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Stojanovic E, Aksovic N, Stojiljkovic N, Stankovic R, Scanlan AT, Milanovic Z. Reliability, Usefulness, and Factorial Validity of Change-of-direction Speed Tests in Adolescent Basketball Players. J Strength Cond Res. 2019 Nov;33(11):3162-3173. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002666.

  PMID: 29927890 BACKGROUND

• Di Paolo S, Musa F, d'Orsi GM, Grassi A, Vulpiani MC, Zaffagnini S, Della Villa F. A comprehensive two-dimensional scoring system to assess the single-leg squat task in football players. Knee. 2024 Jun;48:52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2024.02.016. Epub 2024 Mar 20.

  PMID: 38513322 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Andrew D Pearle, MD

  Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 3, 2025
• First Posted: June 15, 2025
• Study Start: November 27, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 29, 2024
• Study Completion: February 29, 2024
• Last Updated: June 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)