Acute Effects of Passive and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Techniques in Youth Basketball Players

Halic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Performance; Basketball Players; Stretching

Treatments: Other: Passive stretching; Other: PNF stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06591052

ACetinkaya005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this clinical trial is to learn the acute effects of passive stretching and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching techniques on agility, speed and lower extremity explosive strength in young basketball players. It will also provide information about the comparison of two different stretching techniques. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does passive stretching have positive acute effects on agility, speed and lower extremity explosive strength? Does PNF stretching have positive acute effects on agility, speed and lower extremity explosive strength? The acute effects of passive stretching and PNF stretching on agility, speed and lower extremity explosive strength will be compared.

Participants:

First tests were performed after the same warm-up program. Then, one of the two different stretching techniques was applied and the same tests were repeated immediately afterwards.

Full description

The aim of this study was to examine the acute effects of static passive and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching techniques on agility, speed and lower extremity explosive power in youth basketball players. Twenty male basketball players were randomized as passive and PNF groups. A single session of technique was applied to each group. Outcome measurements consisted of the T Agility Test, 30-Meter Sprint Test, Standing Long Jump Test, and Lateral Jump Test.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being male
• being between 14-18 years of age
• having at least 2 years of basketball experience
• participated in regular team training for at least 2 months
• having a body mass index of <29.9 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• presence of pain and/or history of injury in the lower extremity within the last 6 months
• history of orthopedic surgery of the lower extremity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Passive Group

Experimental group

Description:

Passive stretching was administered to the hamstring, quadriceps, and calf muscles by the same physiotherapist for participants in the passive group.

Treatment:

Other: Passive stretching

PNF group

Experimental group

Description:

The "hold-relax" technique, a specialized method within PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation), was applied by the same physiotherapist to the hamstring, quadriceps, and calf muscles of the participants in the PNF group.

Treatment:

Other: PNF stretching