Evaluation of the Contribution of Basketball-specific Target Shooting Exercises to Strength, Position Sense, Stability and Endurance in Young Basketball Players

The Effect of Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises on Joint Position Sense, Stability, Endurance and Strength in Adolescent Basketball Players

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of open kinetic chain proprioception exercises on joint position sense, strength, functional stability and endurance in adolescent basketball players

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises

Detailed Description

Adolescent basketball players, aged 13-16, were randomly divided into two groups as exercise group (n = 11) and control group (n = 11). Exercise group performed open kinetic chain functional proprioception exercises twice a week for 6 weeks. Control group did not participate in any exercise program. Before and after the exercise program all athletes were subjected to the proprioception test and isokinetic muscle strength test on the isokinetic dynamometer, closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test and modified push-up test.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 22
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Sports Medicine Department

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• being 13-16 years old
• being male
• playing basketball regularly

Exclusion Criteria:

• having any upper extremity muscle injury in the last 6 months,
• having a limitation in the shoulder girdle range of motion,
• having a shoulder, elbow, wrist dislocation problems

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Exercise Group; Athletes were asked to throw the ball at predetermined targets in different positions with their eyes closed. In the first exercise, the athlete was positioned 2 m from the target in a sitting position, facing the marked lines on the wall. It was asked to make 3 trial shots with a basketball ball while the eyes were open, from the bottom up to the 3 lines on the wall. Then the shots were made while the eyes were closed. In the next exercise, it was requested to make 3 trial shots from the bottom up by looking at the same 3 lines marked in the supine position at the distance of 1 m from the target. Then the shots were made with the eyes facing the ceiling. The last exercise was in a standing position, from the line marked 5 m from the target to the basket, it was requested to make 3 trial free throw with eyes open to the basket. Then, after each throw, the athlete was asked to turn around his own axis and continue to next throw, with eyes closed.	Other: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises; basketball-specific target shooting in open kinetic chain
No Intervention: Control Group; Control group did not participate in any exercise program.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proprioception test- Cybex-Humac NORM	Position-based proprioception test with Cybex-Humac NORM in 60 ̊ and 120 ̊ angles	20 minutes
Peak Torque & Peak Torque/Body Weight- Cybex-Humac NORM	Strength and endurance tests with Cybex-Humac NORM at 60°/sec and 180°/sec angular velocities	20 minutes
Closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test	Recording the number of touches in 15 seconds	5 minutes
Modified push-up test	Recording the number of push-ups	10 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Gulsum Mandir Comert, M.Sc., Istanbul University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 2, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 15, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): June 20, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 16, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Proprioception; endurance; strength; stability; adolescent basketball player
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020/220

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No