Plyometrics in the Ankle Stabilizing Muscles in Improving Balance in Ballerinas

Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Balance; Distorted

Treatments: Other: Plyometric protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04306068

DANCE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Balance is essential for successful dance performance. The effort of salsa dancers is given by the levels of stability, produced by the muscular activation of lower limbs.

The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention of plyometric exercises in the improvement of balance in salsa dancers from 18 to 25 years.

Randomized clinical study. 40 dancers will be randomized to the two study groups: experimental (application of plyometric exercise protocol) and control (without intervention). The treatment will last 5 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions of 25 minutes each. The dependent variables will be: equilibrium (measured with star excursion balance). The sample distribution will be calculated using the Kolmogorov-Smirnof test. The changes after each evaluation will be calculated with the t-student test. With an ANOVA of repeated measures, the intra and intersubject effect will be observed. The effect size will be obtained with Cohen's formula.

It is expected to see improvement in the stability of the ankle and the level of balance in the dancers.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dancers
• Female
• From 18 to 25 years
• With more than a year of dance practice
• And without musculoskeletal injury at the time of starting the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who do not attend all training sessions
• Pregnant women or intending to remain in state during the study period
• Have not signed the informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Athletes included in the experimental group will perform a plyometric exercise protocol. Each session will consist of a 4-station circuit with 1 minute rest between each station and 30 seconds between sets

Treatment:

Other: Plyometric protocol

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Athletes included in the control group will follow their usual warm-up routine.