Suction Cups and Foam Roller in the Improvement of the Flexibility in Basketball Players

Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Flexibility, Waxy

Treatments: Other: Foam roller; Other: Suction cups

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT03864159

FLEX

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction. Basketball is a predominantly anaerobic exercise that exposes to high intensity actions (jumps, speed control, accelerations and decelerations, and changes of direction). A lack of flexibility can affect the appearance of muscle injuries. Foam roller is a myofascial self-release technique using a foam roller. The suction cups are an instrumental technique where the negative pressure produces an increase in the blood flow of the tissues.

Goals. To evaluate the effectiveness of a physiotherapy intervention through suction cups and foam roller in amateur basketball players.

Study design. Randomized, single-blind clinical study with a follow-up period. Methodology. The 20 basketball players that are expected to be recruited will be randomly assigned to the two study groups: experimental (suction cups and Foam roller) and control (Foam roller). The intervention will last 4 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions. The study variable will be: hamstring flexibility (measured with finger-ground, Well and Shober tests). The analysis of normality will be carried out with the Shapiro-Wilk test. In case of homogeneity of the groups, we will use parametric tests: t-student test of repeated measures (difference between evaluations) and ANOVA of repeated means (intra and intersubject effect).

Expected results. An intervention using suction cups and foam roller is effective in improving the flexibility of the hamstring muscles in basketball players.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 to 25 years
• Amateur basketball players
• Belong to the Celeste club
• Not having any injury to the hamstring musculature at the time of the study

Exclusion criteria

• At the time of the study they are included in a program of individualized strength training in lower limbs
• Subjects with alterations in venous return or congenital coagulopathies
• Subjects who present hypermobility
• Not signed the informed consent document

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Suction cups

Experimental group

Description:

The technique will be performed with the subject sitting on the floor, placing the Foam roller on the back of the thigh, requesting the athlete to perform cranial and caudal movements during the established time.The intervention through the suction cups will consist of its application and produce increased flexibility of the hamstring musculature. The technique will be performed with the subject in prone position, on the stretcher, while the physiotherapist will be placed next to the member to be treated. The suckers are placed in the proximal part where the posterior musculature of the leg originates and in the distal part of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranous insertion. This administration of the suckers will be applied during a period of 7 minutes in each member.

Treatment:

Other: Suction cups

Foam roller

Active Comparator group

Description:

The intervention will be carried out before starting the training session. The technique will be performed with the subject sitting on the floor, placing the Foam roller on the back of the thigh, requesting the athlete to perform cranial and caudal movements during the established time. The stretching exercise with the Foam roller will be done during 2 minutes in each member.

Treatment:

Other: Foam roller