Effectiveness of a Warm-Up With Foam Roller in Professional Basketball Players

Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of a Warm-Up With Foam Roller for 3 Months in Professional Basketball Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05971316
• Other study ID #: Universidad Católica de Murcia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 20, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Universidad de Murcia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a foam roller warm-up on sports performance in professional basketball players.

Description:

Twenty-two professional basketball players, divided into two randomized groups, carried out a specific warm-up for three months with a foam roller. Three measurements were made, pre-intervention, post-intervention at 12 weeks and a four-week follow-up. In these measurements reference data were taken for jumping, ankle dorsiflexion and balance. During this protocol, they performed three series of sixty seconds of application with thirty seconds of rest between series, three days a week and applied to the calf muscles, hamstrings, quadriceps, gluteus and TFL.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: February 2, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Masculine or feminine

• Minimum 18 years and maximum 30

• Professional players

• Practice 3 training sessions per week + competition on weekends

Exclusion Criteria:

• Musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months

• Surgery in the lower extremity in the last year

• Present a diagnosed orthopedic or neurological pathology of the lower limb.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athletic Injuries
• Sports Physical Therapy

Intervention

Device:
• Foam Roller
General Warm-up + Foam Roller

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia	Murcia	Murica

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Murcia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Know the effectiveness of a warm-up with a foam roller in proffesional basketball player during 18 weeks on jumping using the Counter Movement Jump, dorsiflexión using the Lung Test and the balance using the Y-Balance Test	The countermovement jump will obtain the jump height in centimetres, the ankle dorsiflexion in degrees using the Lung test and the distance in centimeters using the Y-Balance test. High scores in any of the tests will lead to a decrease in the risk of injury and an improvement in performance. A first pre-intervention measurement is carried out, another at 14 weeks post-intervention and others at 18 weeks follow-up. This is the general measure.	Baseline and week 18
Secondary	Evaluate the improvement obtained in the experimental group after a warm-up protocol with foam roller for 14weeks 3 days per week on the Counter Movement Jump, Lung Test and Y-Balance test vs non-intervention group.	Observe the differences obtained after 14 weeks between the pre-intervention vs post-intervention measurement in the experimental group and in the control group. This is the specific measure.	Baseline and week 14
Secondary	Maintenance of foam roller warm-up adaptations on the Counter Movement Jump, Lung Test and Y-Balance Test after intervention for a 1 month	To observe if the differences obtained after 14 weeks of intervention are maintained or not during the following 4 weeks of follow-up, between the post-intervention vs. post-follow-up measurement in the experimental group and in the control group. This is a specific measure	Week 14 and week 18