A Gluteus Maximus Strength Exercise Effectiveness for Improving Dynamic Postural Control in Female Basketball Players

University of Jaén

Status

Completed

Conditions

Basketball

Treatments

Other: Gluteus maximus strengthening specific program

Other: Conventional preventive work out

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05206786

CEIM/2021/6/130

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be carried out at the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy of the University of Alcalá. The study has been approved by the Animal Research and Experimentation Ethics Committee of the University of Alcalá. A total of 92 female basketball players aged between 12 and 25 will be selected and randomized in two different groups.

The control group will carry out a conventional preventive work out and the experimental group will carry out a specific strengthening program for the gluteus maximus in addition to the conventional preventive exercises.

The treatment will take place during the basketball club season and will last 4 months, from January to April 2022.

The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the inclusion of a specific gluteus maximus strength program in the conventional preventive work to improve the dynamic stability and to reduce the injury rate and pain in female basketball players.

Enrollment

92 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

12 to 25 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Female basketball players belonging to a sports club.
Female basketball players between 12 and 25 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Acute lower limb injuries at the start of the study.
Surgery on the lower limb in the previous year.
Injuries or diseases that prevent the correct performance of the evaluation tests.