The Effect of Strength Training on the Hip Adduction Strength Measured With Hand-held Dynamometry

Amager Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Adduction Strength

Treatments: Other: Strength training of the hip adductors

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01318616

H-4-2010-119

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of strength training with elastic bands on hip strength in soccer players, the effect measured with hand-held dynamometry. The primary outcomes are isometric and eccentric hip adduction strength. The hypothesis is that strength training with elastic bands will result in a clinical relevant increase in hip adduction strength.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sub-elite danish soccer players

Exclusion criteria

• Injury in the lower back or legs with a duration of more than 6 weeks within the last year before the study was initiated.
• Systematic strength training of the hip adductors more than once a week within the last 6 months before the study was initiated.
• Groin pain during soccer play with a duration of more than 1 week and witch resulted in loss of soccer training/game within the last 3 months before the study was initiated.
• Groin injuries within the last month before the study was initiated.

Trial design

34 participants in 1 patient group

Training group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Strength training of the hip adductors