Effectiveness of a Protocol of Specific Activation. (Knee)

University of Cadiz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injuries:Knee Injuries

Treatments: Other: Control group; Other: Experimental group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04161222

Cádiz CF

Details and patient eligibility

About

In football, knee is the joint that suffers the most severe injuries. Sometimes, this is produced by poor pre-activation of the musculature that is responsible for knee stability and central stability.

OBJETIVE: Study the efficacy of specific gluteus medius and core activation protocol in knee stability in youth football players.

Full description

A randomized, longitudinal clinical trial with a blinded and prospective evaluator will be carried out, in which the knee stability will be evaluated with the following tests: Y-balance test and Flamingo balance test. The measurements will be made before and after the intervention. The study will be carried out with patients evaluated by a specialist in Traumatology and will be randomly divided by a system of numerical tables through a computer program between the experimental and control groups. The control group will perform a typical warm-up of competitive football; and the experimental one will do this above, added to a specific activation of gluteus medius and core. Dynamic stability (Y-balance test) and postural and static stability (Flamingo balance test) will be measured before and after the intervention.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Perform soccer sports practice, at least 3 times a week at a competitive level.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with a knee surgery.
• Patients who are injured at the time of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The control group will perform a typical warm-up of competitive football, added to a specific activation of gluteus medius and core.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental group

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

The control group will perform a typical warm-up of competitive football.

Treatment:

Other: Control group