Plyometric, Proprioceptive and Strength Exercises in Rugby Players.

Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overhead Athletes

Treatments: Other: exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04254055

FEF

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction. Shoulder injury is the pathology that causes the longest downtime in rugby players, representing 66% of upper limb injuries in this discipline. The lack of strength, and instability are factors that predispose the athlete to suffer this type of dysfunction. The intervention of the study consists of a training program that counteract these dysfunctions.

Aim. Assess the effectiveness of a program using plyometric, proprioceptive and strength exercises on 18-45-year-old rugby players to improve strength and stability.

Study design. Clinical randomized, prospective, single-blind and trackable. Methods. The subjects included in two study groups, experimental and control, will be attributed a random order. The treatment will last 4 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions, of approximately 25 minutes each. The study variables will be strength, stability and functionality. A descriptive statistical analysis will be carried out calculating the main statistical characteristics. Through of a Kolmogorov analysis the normality of the sample will be assessed. A t-Student test for paired samples will be performed for the difference between the means of the dependent and independent variables. An analysis if variance (ANOVA) for repeated measures will be used to compare the means and checked to what extent the intra-subjects factors influence the dependent variables.

Expected results. Improved shoulder strength, stability and functionality for the subjects on which the study is carried out.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Federated rugby players
• Male
• 18 to 45 years old
• Currently participating in regional competitions

Exclusion criteria

• Being treated with anti-inflammatory drugs
• Having suffered an upper limb injury in the month prior to the intervention
• Have undergone surgery for any shoulder pathology during the previous 12 months
• Who have suffered or suffer from a serious and / or metabolic disease
• That they have not signed the informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise 1 with medicine ball. Standing player with 90º shoulder abduction and elbow flexion. He will receive the ball with an external rotation returning it with internal rotation. Exercise 2 with elastic band. From standing, he will fix the elastic band with his foot and perform a shoulder flexion with his contralateral limb. Exercise 3 of iron with support of the hands on the floor and shoulder, elbow and wrist aligned. You should perform a scapula approach and separation without altering its initial position. Exercise 4 BodyBlade ©. From standing with 90º of 90 ° shoulder abduction and elbow flexion. It will perform an anteroposterior thrust, causing a wave effect to stabilize the shoulder joint for 30 seconds. Athletes will do 15 repetitions of each exercise.

Treatment:

Other: exercises

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Players included in the control group will not receive any intervention.