Influence of Sensorimotor Treatment in the Balance of Soccer

Ankle Sprain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Influence of Sensorimotor Treatment in the Balance of Soccer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02097940
• Other study ID #: Christiane Macedo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 17, 2014
• Last updated: November 28, 2017
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Universidade Estadual de Londrina
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study presents the hypothesis that the sensory processing engine improves balance and agility for football athletes.

Description:

Objectives: To investigate the influence of the sensorimotor treatment in balance, agility and functionality soccer players assessed using force platform, functional tests and questionnaires.

Methods: This study was characterized as a randomized clinical trial. 20 male soccer players was assessed by means of questionnaires, force platform in one foot, and functional tests of balance and agility (Side Hop Test, Figure of Eight Hop Star Excursion Balance Test and Test). To the platform, the parameters of the center pressure (COP) in the anterior- posterior and medial -lateral directions was used for analysis, to functional tests the time-second performance was analyzed. Initially all athletes respond to the questionnaires, was evaluated on the force platform and through functional testing by blind evaluators. Following, they were randomized to treatment groups (n=10) and control (n=10). The treatment group performed 6 weeks of proprioceptive exercises with shifts and one-leg jumps and bipedal support.

The control group remained in soccer training. At the end of the treatment protocol and all were reassessed following the cross-over, where the control group performed the same treatment sensory motor was developed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: March 2014
• Est. primary completion date: March 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 14 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• minimum of three years of training in the sport,

• participating in state and national competitions,

• often training at least five times a week

Exclusion Criteria:

• athletes undergoing surgical procedures or have muscle and joint injuries in the lower limbs in the last three months,

• which are in physical therapy or who require the use of stabilizers to perform the tests on the platform or during the treatment protocol

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankle Injuries
• Ankle Sprain

Intervention

Other:
• proprioceptive exercises
Exercises with movements, jumping and imbalance.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Junior Football Team	Londrina	Paraná

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (2)

Bizzini M, Junge A, Dvorak J. Implementation of the FIFA 11+ football warm up program: how to approach and convince the Football associations to invest in prevention. Br J Sports Med. 2013 Aug;47(12):803-6. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-092124. Epub 2013 Jun — View Citation

Emery CA, Meeuwisse WH. The effectiveness of a neuromuscular prevention strategy to reduce injuries in youth soccer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jun;44(8):555-62. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.074377. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	time to perform the test	Functional tests have been developed (Side Hop Test, Figure of Eight Hop Star Excursion Balance Test and Test)	up to one year
Primary	answers to survey	The athletes answered questionnaires with general data (age, weight, height, BMI, playing position)	up to one year
Secondary	Variables center pressure swing	Evaluation of body balance on the force platform.	up to one year