Lower Limb Performance, Balance and Coordination Differences Between the Muay Thai Athletes and Recreational Bodybuilders

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Martial Arts; Body Building; Functional Performance

Treatments: Procedure: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04563312

2020-243

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare balance, coordination and lower extremity functional performances of Muay Thai (MT) athletes and bodybuilders (BB).

Method: Seventeen athletes (14 men and 3 women; mean age: 20.65 + 2.34) engaged in MT and 18 (13 men and 5 women, mean age: 25.89 + 4.83) engaged in BB were included in the study. The Flamingo Balance Test and Y Balance Test were used to evaluate static and dynamic balance, respectively. Coordination was assessed using the Hexagon Test. Lower extremity functional performance was evaluated using the Single Leg Hop Test.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18-35 years
• Making MT and BB at least for 5 year as a professional athletes
• currently free of any lower limb injuries within the last three months
• no previous history of injury or surgery that may affect their lower limbs

Exclusion criteria

• trained less than 3 sessions per week
• having lower limb injury for more than 1 month
• having a history of surgery, or chronic and progressive disease in their lower limb
• having scoliosis or any other orthopaedic or neurological problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 4 patient groups

Balance Assessment

No Intervention group

Description:

The Flamingo Balance Test and Y Balance Test were used to evaluate static and dynamic balance, respectively.

Coordination Assessment

No Intervention group

Description:

Coordination was assessed using the Hexagon Test.

Lower Extremity Functional Performance Assessment

No Intervention group

Description:

Lower extremity functional performance was evaluated using the Single Leg Hop Test.

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Nine different clubs and sport centers were screened and 18- to 35-year-old individuals regularly engaged in MT or BB for the last 6 months were invited to join the study.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise