Neuromuscular Warm-up Intervention to Improve Postural Control in Female Handball Players

October 4, 2016 updated by: Prof. Dr. Klaus Pfeifer, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Efficacy of a Specific Warm-up Program to Improve Static and Dynamic Postural Control in Adult Female Handball Players

Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations of static and dynamic balance as potential injury risk factors to a specific warm-up program focusing on neuromuscular control.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

41

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
    • Bavaria
      • Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, 91058
        • Institute of Sport Science and Sport; FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 35 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Gender: Female
  • Handball players
  • Actively participated in competitions
  • Uninjured at study enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Neuromuscular
Neuromuscular warm-up
Behavioral: Neuromuscular warm-up
The intervention group replaced their regular warm-up routine with seven neuromuscular warm-up exercises performed for 15 minutes prior to each practice session (3x/week) over a period of eleven weeks.
Active Comparator: Control
Standard warm-up
Behavioral: Standard warm-up
Athletes in the control group followed their regular 15 minutes warm-up routine provided by the team coaches.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Baseline: Static postural control
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks
Postural sway (center of pressure sway velocity) during unipedal quiet standing, eyes opened (20 seconds)
3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks
Change from Baseline: Dynamic postural control
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks
Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT)
3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Astrid Zech, Prof. Dr., Institute of Sports Science, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 4, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

October 5, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 5, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 115_15Bc

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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