Effect of Neuromuscular Training Program on Quality of Life After COVID-19 Lockdown Among Young Healthy Participants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dragan Marinkovic, Drazenka Macak, Dejan M Madic, Goran Sporis, Dalija Kuvacic, Dajana Jasic, Vilko Petric, Marijan Spehnjak, Aleksandra Projovic, Zoran Gojkovic, Dragan Marinkovic, Drazenka Macak, Dejan M Madic, Goran Sporis, Dalija Kuvacic, Dajana Jasic, Vilko Petric, Marijan Spehnjak, Aleksandra Projovic, Zoran Gojkovic

Abstract

Study in the period of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown and the effect of different exercise training programs on the quality of life (QoL) dimension are limited. This randomized control study as a part of which the impact of an 8-week neuromuscular training program on the 90 healthy young individuals' QoL after COVID-19 lockdown was assessed using a short form of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire comprising of four domains (physical health, psychological health, social relations, and the environment). The intervention group (NT) (n = 47) took part in a neuromuscular training program consisting of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization and whole-body vibration training. In contrast, the control group (CG) (n = 43) did not participate in any programmed physical activity. From pre- to post-intervention test, the NT group significantly and substantially improved [mean change (95% CI)] all the QoL domains, physical for 12.78 scores (8.89, 16.64), psychological for 13.12 scores (9.51, 16.74), social relationships for 20.57 scores (16.12, 25.02), and environmental for 24.40 scores (21.45, 27.35). These results suggest that the NT program could enhance QoL in young and healthy participants following COVID-19 lockdown.

Keywords: COVID-19; exercise; neuromuscular training; quality of life; well-being.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Copyright © 2022 Marinkovic, Macak, Madic, Sporis, Kuvacic, Jasic, Petric, Spehnjak, Projovic and Gojkovic.

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Flow diagram of participant enrollment, allocation, and analysis.
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Effect sizes with 95% CIs (Hedges’s gav) for pre-post changes of Physical, Psychological, Social Relationships, Environmental QoL domains in the NT and CG.

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