Sport Specific Training Versus Neuromuscular Training on Field Rugby Players.

August 23, 2021 updated by: Riphah International University

Effect of Sport Specific Training Versus Neuromuscular Training on Dynamic Balance, Mobility and Flexibility in Field Rugby Players With Non-specific Low Back Pain. A Randomized Clinical Trial

Randomized Clinical Trial in rugby sports club in Lahore. A Sample size of 26 is calculated using epitol.Group A: Sports specific training Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks. Weight programs include closed chain exercises (squats, pushups) and open chain exercises (leg press, chest fly using dumbbell) Stretch shortening cycle (enhances performance through storage of elastic energy during eccentric phase and activation of stretch reflex).

Group B: neuromuscular training Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Rugby require constant pace changes that generates high musculoskeletal demand in rugby one of the commonly affected area is low back pain that can affect player performance and can be accelerated by injury, health and lifestyle factors and possibly by joint pain or musculoskeletal disorders. Data will be collected from players in registered rugby clubs of district Lahore. Informed consents will be taken from all participants with the knowledge of aims and procedure. The results of this study will help to improve treatment protocols options for players how it affects the rehab process and how it affects the movement and pain how it affects the rehab process and how the pain restricts movements among rugby players. This study will be based on a randomized clinical trial used to study the different level of effectiveness of sports specific training versus neuromuscular training on dynamic balance mobility, flexibility in field rugby players. Subjects with low back pain meeting the predetermined inclusion & exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups by randomization to avoid any plagiarism. Dynamic Balance, measured with Star Excursion Balance Test; Active Range of Motion (ROM), using a manual goniometer and Lumbar Flexibility, assessed with Fingertip-to-floor test will be used for data collection. Subjects in one group will be treated with Bilateral stretches, contract-relax PNF stretching training and other will be treated with weight training, aerobic exercises. Each subject will receive a total four weeks treatment session, thirty minutes sessions will be performed once a week for three weeks. Three evaluations will be performed once before treatment One week after treatment and four week post treatment follow-ups. Sample size 26 each group contains 13 participants. All statistical analysis will be performed with spss16.0.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

26

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
      • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54660
        • Pakistan Sports Board

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

12 years to 26 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female rugby players
  • Who had suffered minor musculoskeletal injuries that did not preclude their sports participation.
  • Age ranges from 16-30
  • Being able to cooperate

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Players presenting injuries which implied radicular compromise (sciatic pain, etc.)
  • Players who had suffered moderate or severe musculoskeletal injuries in the past 6 months which precluded their normal sports participation.
  • Traumatic pain, fractures or ruptured ligaments.
  • Inflammatory and Infectious conditions
  • Any recent surgical intervention
  • Tumors/malignancy of bone

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Sports specific training
Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks. Weight programs include closed chain exercises (squats, pushups) and open chain exercises (leg press, chest fly using dumbbell) Stretch shortening cycle (enhances performance through storage of elastic energy during eccentric phase and activation of stretch reflex).
Other: Sports specific training
Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks. Weight programs include closed chain exercises (squats, pushups) and open chain exercises (leg press, chest fly using dumbbell) Stretch shortening cycle (enhances performance through storage of elastic energy during eccentric phase and activation of stretch reflex).
Active Comparator: neuromuscular training
Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
Other: neuromuscular training
Treatments will be provided in 30 mins per week for 3 consecutive weeks Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Goniometer
Time Frame: 6 weeks
To measure ROM at hip and knee joints
6 weeks
Star exclusion test
Time Frame: 6 weeks

The test originally incorporated reaching in eight directions while standing on each foot. the 8 different directions are following: anterior, anteromedial, medial, posteromedial, posterior, posterolateral, lateral and anterolateral.

SEBT performance scores using the following simple equations:

Average distance in each direction (cm) = Reach 1 + Reach 2 + Reach 3 / 3

Relative (normalised) distance in each direction (%) = Average distance in each direction / leg length * 100
6 weeks
Finger tip to floor test
Time Frame: 6 weeks

The patient is asked to bend forward and attempt to reach for the floor with their fingertips. The physical therapist then measures the distance between the patient's right long finger and the floor using a standard measuring tape.

Mean fingertip- to-floor test was 21.5 21.7cm (range, 0-48cm) for men and 19.6 22cm (range, 0-50cm) for women
6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
visual analogue scale for pain
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Scores are recorded by making a handwritten mark on a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between "no pain" and "worst pain."
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Riphah International University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 9, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 9, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

August 10, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 19, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 19, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

July 20, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 24, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2021

Last Verified

August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • REC/Lhr/21/0414 Maliah

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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