Evaluation of the Contribution of Basketball-specific Target Shooting Exercises to Strength, Position Sense, Stability and Endurance in Young Basketball Players

Istanbul University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises

Treatments: Other: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05374889

2020/220

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of open kinetic chain proprioception exercises on joint position sense, strength, functional stability and endurance in adolescent basketball players

Full description

Adolescent basketball players, aged 13-16, were randomly divided into two groups as exercise group (n = 11) and control group (n = 11). Exercise group performed open kinetic chain functional proprioception exercises twice a week for 6 weeks. Control group did not participate in any exercise program. Before and after the exercise program all athletes were subjected to the proprioception test and isokinetic muscle strength test on the isokinetic dynamometer, closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test and modified push-up test.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being 13-16 years old
• being male
• playing basketball regularly

Exclusion criteria

• having any upper extremity muscle injury in the last 6 months,
• having a limitation in the shoulder girdle range of motion,
• having a shoulder, elbow, wrist dislocation problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

Athletes were asked to throw the ball at predetermined targets in different positions with their eyes closed. In the first exercise, the athlete was positioned 2 m from the target in a sitting position, facing the marked lines on the wall. It was asked to make 3 trial shots with a basketball ball while the eyes were open, from the bottom up to the 3 lines on the wall. Then the shots were made while the eyes were closed. In the next exercise, it was requested to make 3 trial shots from the bottom up by looking at the same 3 lines marked in the supine position at the distance of 1 m from the target. Then the shots were made with the eyes facing the ceiling. The last exercise was in a standing position, from the line marked 5 m from the target to the basket, it was requested to make 3 trial free throw with eyes open to the basket. Then, after each throw, the athlete was asked to turn around his own axis and continue to next throw, with eyes closed.

Treatment:

Other: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group did not participate in any exercise program.