Effect of EMS and Strengthening Exercises on Pain, Fatigue and Physical Performance in Motocross Athletes

Istanbul Bilgi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Injury

Treatments: Other: Strengthening exercises; Device: Electromyostimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06300385

IstanbulBUFC5

Details and patient eligibility

About

Motocross, a popular sport, involves riding motorized vehicles on rugged tracks with obstacles. It's physically demanding, with high speeds and a risk of accidents. Grip strength is crucial, especially in the arms and forearms, which are prone to injury. Physiotherapy often employs strength exercises, including electromyostimulation. However, there's little research on their effectiveness for motocross athletes. This study aims to compare electromyostimulation combined with strength training versus strength training alone in relieving pain, fatigue, and improving strength in motocross athletes.

Full description

Motocross is a popular sport in which participants ride a two-wheeled, motorized vehicle around a 2 km rugged track with natural or man-made obstacles. Participants race at high speeds and it is considered a strenuous sport with a high accident rate. Motocross racers grip the handlebars of their bikes with both hands throughout the race, which lasts between 18 and 26 minutes. Therefore, it is a sports branch where control is concentrated on the arms and upper extremities. It has been reported that the most frequently injured and painful area is the forearm. Therefore, good and strong upper extremity and forearm control is important for the prevention of injuries or subsequent recovery processes.

It is known that strengthening exercise programs are used in physiotherapy practices to improve strength and stabilization parameters. The use of electromyostimulation applications for strengthening in different populations is also becoming widespread.

There are no studies demonstrating the effectiveness of strengthening and electromyostimulation applications on pain, fatigue and strength parameters in motocross athletes.

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of electromyostimulation application applied simultaneously with a strengthening exercise program on pain, fatigue and strength, with strengthening exercises performed with sham application (electric current turned off).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having at least 5 years of professional motocross training experience
• Being between 18 and 30 years old
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• To be absent from the 6-week EMS and strengthening program for more than 2 consecutive sessions
• Having suffered any injury that prevents you from training in the last 6 months
• Being receiving a physiotherapy program other than the protocol to be used in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

These participants will receive electromyostimulation simultaneously with strengthening exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Strengthening exercises

Device: Electromyostimulation

Sham control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

These participants will receive sham electromyostimulation (current turned off) simultaneously with strengthening exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Strengthening exercises