The Impact of FIFA 11+ on Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Balance

The Impact of FIFA 11+ Exercise Program on Isokinetic Muscle Strength and Balance on Adolescent Amateur Soccer Players.

FIFA 11+ program; It consists of simple, easily remembered, and time-consuming, sport-specific exercises underlying fair play. Although the FIFA 11+ program is a well-established warm-up protocol for injury prevention among football players, the performance improvement aspect of the program is not often discussed in the literature. The study's objective is to investigate the efficacy of the FIFA 11+ program on sports performance parameters such as dynamic balance, isokinetic muscle strength performance in adolescent amateur male football players.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Injury Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: FIFA 11+ exercise program; Behavioral: routine program

Detailed Description

This study was planned in a randomized controlled experimental type. The footballers of a team from an amateur league will be included in the research. All participants will be tested at baseline and 9 weeks after baseline. The participants will be submitted to the following testing procedures: dynamic balance (Star Excursion Balance Test), muscle strength assessment (Isokinetic assessment). After the baseline measurements will be completed, the control group members will be advised to continue their regular warm-up program. This program consists of jogging and stretching exercises. The experimental group will complete the FIFA 11+ training, which consisted of six different types of running exercises; six exercises with three levels of increasing difficulty to improve the participants' strength, agility, core stability, eccentric control, etc.; and advanced running exercises, such as running across the pitch, bounding, planting, cutting. The FIFA 11+ will be applied to the experimental group 3 times a week for 9 weeks. The control group's warm-up duration will be matched to the experimental group's duration (20-25 min). This routine workout will perform 3 times a week for 9 weeks. At the end of 9 weeks, the evaluations will be repeated (Star Excursion Balance Test, Isokinetic assessment).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 24
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34755
    • Yeditepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ) To accept being a case study member
• ) Being in the 15-18 age range
• ) To be a soccer player in amateur league clubs with experience for at least one year
• ) Having no systemic diseases
• ) Having the necessary mental and physical activity level to be able to take and complete the tests

Exclusion Criteria:

• ) Refusing to be a member of a case study
• ) Having visual impairment and perceptual disorder at a severe level
• ) Having pain that prevents testing
• ) Having diseases with neurological dysfunction
• ) Footballers who stop playing active football during the study period and disrupt the training program by not participating in 3 exercises in a row
• ) Having an injury in the research process
• ) Having an injury in the last six months before the research

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: FIFA 11+ group; The experimental group will apply FIFA 11+ training 3 times a week for 9 weeks.	Behavioral: FIFA 11+ exercise program; FIFA 11+ program; It consists of simple, easily remembered, and time-consuming, sport-specific exercises underlying fair play. The F 11+ consisted of 3 parts: the first part consisted of running exercises (part 1); the second part included six exercises, which were made up of three levels of difficulty and aimed at enhancing balance, strength, muscle control, and core stability (part 2). The final and the third part covered advanced running exercises (part 3) .
Active Comparator: control group; The control group members will be advised to continue their routine warm-up program 3 times a week for 9 weeks.	Behavioral: routine program; This program consists of jogging, and stretching exercises.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Isokinetic assessment	When assessing the football players in terms of strengths, frequently use isokinetic systems . Computer aided muscle-testing dynamometers are utilized for measuring muscle force and this provides us with an assessment of muscles and group of muscle in an isokinetic manner. Isokinetic muscle testing is conducted with a stable speed of angular motion yet variable resistance.	Baseline
Isokinetic assessment	When assessing the football players in terms of strengths, frequently use isokinetic systems . Computer aided muscle-testing dynamometers are utilized for measuring muscle force and this provides us with an assessment of muscles and group of muscle in an isokinetic manner. Isokinetic muscle testing is conducted with a stable speed of angular motion yet variable resistance	After the 9-week intervention
balance assessment	Dynamic postural control will be measured with the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), which will be applied with a system of 8 lines. The foot will be placed in the center of the testing system to be bisected equally in the medial-lateral anteroposterior planes. SEBT is made up of 8 directions: anterior, anterolateral, lateral, posterolateral, posterior, posteromedial, medial, and anteromedial.	Baseline
balance assessment	Dynamic postural control will be measured with the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), which will be applied with a system of 8 lines. The foot will be placed in the center of the testing system to be bisected equally in the medial-lateral anteroposterior planes. SEBT is made up of 8 directions: anterior, anterolateral, lateral, posterolateral, posterior, posteromedial, medial, and anteromedial.	After the 9-week intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yeditepe University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: büşra aydın erkılıç, MSc, Yeditepe University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ayala F, Pomares-Noguera C, Robles-Palazon FJ, Del Pilar Garcia-Vaquero M, Ruiz-Perez I, Hernandez-Sanchez S, De Ste Croix M. Training Effects of the FIFA 11+ and Harmoknee on Several Neuromuscular Parameters of Physical Performance Measures. Int J Sports Med. 2017 Apr;38(4):278-289. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-121260. Epub 2017 Feb 13.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 15, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 22, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: adolescent; physical performance; football
• Other Study ID Numbers: FIFA 11+

Drug and device information, study documents

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