HIIT With an Eccentric Hamstring Exercise Program in Futsal Players

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athletic Injuries

Treatments: Other: HIIT-only program; Other: HIIT and Nordic Curl exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05854459

IE1541414

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physiotherapy protocols based on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or eccentric hamstring exercises like Nordic Curl (NC) have been scarcely studied in futsal players. The hypothesis of this study is that a HIIT combined with an NC exercise program is more effective than a HIIT-only program in improving physical and functional characteristics in futsal players.

Full description

The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a HIIT combined with an NC exercise program versus a HIIT-only program in futsal players. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial will be carried out. Futsal players will be divided into 1) HIIT+NC group and 2) HIIT group. The HIIT+NC group will perform a HIIT circuit combined with 3 sets of 10 NC repetitions for 4 weeks, while the HIIT group will perform the same protocol without NC exercise. BMI, intermittent work performance, vertical jump performance without and with arms, isometric strength of quadriceps and hamstrings, and the isometric H/Q ratio, will be assessed before and after the interventions.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Futsal players, over 18 years of age.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who had a medical condition that prevented them from performing any of the evaluations.
• Those who declined to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

HIIT and Nordic Curl exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will perform a weekly 50 minutes session for four weeks.

Treatment:

Other: HIIT and Nordic Curl exercise program

HIIT-only group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants will perform a weekly 40 minutes session for four weeks.

Treatment:

Other: HIIT-only program