Efficacy of Plyometric Training Isometric Strength Training on Quadriceps Strength and Functional Performance.

Majmaah University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Football Players

Treatments: Other: Conventional training; Other: Isometric strength training for 8 week

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05056792

DSR Majmaah University

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the influence of an eight-week plyometric and quadriceps strength training program on muscular strength, sprint, and functional performance in collegiate football players.

Full description

Sixty collegiate football players aged 18-25 years were recruited, at the university campus. All of them were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups that participated in training for six weeks on alternate days (i.e., three sessions per week), and one control group (n=30) did not train. The control group was instructed to maintain regular activities and avoid any strenuous physical activity during the study.

Under the Declaration of Helsinki, participants were informed about the study's possible risks and benefits, and all participants signed informed consent before participation in the study. The ethical sub-committee of the College of applied medical science, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia approved this study (Ethics Number: MUREC-Jan. 25/COM-2021 / 19-5).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Young players aged between 18 and 25 years required frequent sprinting

Exclusion criteria

• Current injury to the lower limb.
• Surgery affecting lower limb function.
• Any cardio-respiratory diseases.
• Impairments of the spine or lower extremities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Participants in this group will receive isometric strength training.

Experimental group

Description:

Isometric strength training of the quadriceps femoris muscle for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Isometric strength training for 8 week

Other: Conventional training

Participants in this group will receive plyometric training.

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive plyometric training for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Isometric strength training for 8 week

Other: Conventional training