Previous Injury History and Performance of Male Elite Ice Hockey Players

Wounds and Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

Association Between Previous Injury History and Performance of Male Elite Ice Hockey Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04415125
• Other study ID #: University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Baskent University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

BACKGROUND: In ice hockey, skating is a combination of speed, power, and balance. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between previous injury history and on-ice and off-ice performance of elite male ice hockey players.

METHODS: This study was designed as prospective cross-sectional study. Fifty elite men's ice hokey players included (n=50, mean age 23y 8mo, SD 5y 3mo). Off-ice performance measures were 30 m Sprint Test, Broad Jump Test, Push-up Test, Hexagon Agility Test, Plank Test. The 2 on-ice tests were 30m On-ice Sprint Test and Cornering "S" Turn Agility Test.The athletes' history of injury were including previous injury site, type, number and the mechanism of injury. RESULTS: In push up test, there was a significant difference in those who had left hand and right knee injuries and, athletes who had dislocation were found to be statistically significant (p <0.05). According to cornering s turn agility test results, athletes who had puck injury were found to be statistically significant (p <0.05). In 30m sprint and hexagon agility test results, athletes who had overuse injury were found to be statistically significant (p <0.05). There was a significant correlation between on-ice 30m sprint and cornering s turn agility tests with broad jump test and also with off-ice push-up and plank tests (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: As a result of the performance tests, push up test might be a distinctive test in determining the performance of the athletes after injury. Also on-ice tests had a correlation with off-ice plank test which is the indicator of core muscle strength.

Description:

We believe that the current performance and performance deficiencies of the athletes determined and existing training programs will be arranged to eliminate performance deficiencies. We wanted to raise awareness about whether there is a general deficiency in ice hockey performance caused by past injuries and which exercises should be included in the training program in order to overcome performance deficiencies.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a member of Turkish Ice Hockey Federation,

• To be subject to any of the licensed athletes who played in the super league team

• To be over 18,

• To be male.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being under the age of 18,

• Being a woman,

• Having not suffered a musculoskeletal injury that would prevent him from going to training in the last 1 year or affect the outcome of the measurements.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sports Physical Therapy
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Applying on-ice and off-ice performance tests
The subjects were given a written description of study procedures and potential risks.The athletes'history of injury including previous injury site, type, number, date, surgical status, time to return to the field after the injury and the mechanism of injury were recorded. The subjects completed off-ice performance measures followed by on-ice testing with time allotted for warm-up before both the off-ice and on-ice testing.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Baskent University	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Baskent University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	30 meter Sprint Test	The aim of 30 meter sprint test is to determine acceleration and speed performance of the players	10-15 seconds
Primary	Broad Jump Test	Lower body muscular power was assessed using Broad Jump Test	5-10 seconds
Primary	Push-up Test	Upper body strength and muscular endurance were examined by asking each player to complete the maximum number of push-ups	5-10 minutes
Primary	Hexagon Agility Test	For the hexagon agility test, an equilateral hexagonal with 60 cm on each side was drawn to the ground, the athletes stood in the hexagonand started bouncing off the 6 sides in sequence and jumped back to their original positions. The athletes were reminded that their direction should always be the same when bouncing.The time was started with the start command. The test was stopped at moment he jumped from the last edge into the hexagon	1 minute
Primary	Plank Test	Basic plank test was used to evaluate core muscle function of the players	60 seconds
Primary	30 meters On-ice Sprint Test	Sprint ability was evaluated using a simple straight-line sprint test	5-10 seconds
Primary	Cornering "S" Turn Agility Test	For the Cornering S Turn Agility Test, participants started behind the goal line and net and skated around the two near faceoff circles an S-type fashion	5-10 seconds
Secondary	The athletes'history of injury	The athletes'history of injury including previous injury site, type, number, date, surgical status, time to return to the field after the injury and the mechanism of injury were recorded.	5-10 minutes