Plyometric and Stability Exercise Protocol in Female Basketball Players

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06423157

PlyoBask

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction. Basketball is a high intensity intermittent sport, requiring jumping, running, accelerations and decelerations with changes of direction and lateral movements. Plyometric exercises are a training technique that consists of a cycle of muscle stretching and shortening in which the energy stored in the eccentric phase (lengthening) is released facilitating the production of maximum power in the concentric phase (shortening).

Objective. To analyse the efficacy of a physiotherapy intervention through a protocol of plyometric and stability exercises in the improvement of vertical jump, stability, flexibility and agility in federated female basketball players. The primary variable will be the vertical jump (My jump 2.0). Secondary variables will be stability (Y balance test), flexibility (Sit and Reach) and agility (T-Test).

Methods. Controlled, single-blind clinical study. 20 athletes will be randomised to the experimental and control groups. The intervention of the experimental group will consist of a protocol using plyometric and stability exercises. The athletes included in the control group will not perform any intervention and will continue with their usual routine. The intervention period will last 6 weeks, with a periodicity of 2 weekly sessions of 20 minutes each.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female players over 18 years of age.
• That during the study period they play basketball competing in the 1st Women's Division 1 category of the Basketball Federation of the Region of Murcia.
• That they perform strength exercises at least once a week.
• That they sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

• Players with knee or ankle injuries in the 6 months prior to the study.
• Players who use ankle or knee braces regularly.
• Players with lower limb surgery in the last year.
• Players whose participation is contraindicated by the team doctor, physiotherapist or physical trainer.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention period will last 6 weeks, with a periodicity of 2 weekly sessions of 20 minutes each. All interventions will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes de Murcia. All interventions will be carried out by the same physiotherapist, following the same protocol. The intervention of the experimental group will consist of a protocol using plyometric and stability exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The athletes included in the control group will not undergo any intervention and will continue with their usual routine.