Neuromuscular Warm-up Intervention to Improve Postural Control in Female Handball Players

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postural Balance

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard warm-up; Behavioral: Neuromuscular warm-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02925377

115_15Bc

Details and patient eligibility

About

Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations of static and dynamic balance as potential injury risk factors to a specific warm-up program focusing on neuromuscular control.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gender: Female
• Handball players
• Actively participated in competitions
• Uninjured at study enrollment

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

Neuromuscular

Experimental group

Description:

Neuromuscular warm-up

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neuromuscular warm-up

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard warm-up

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard warm-up