The Purpose of This Study Was to Determine Whether or Not Functional Training Has Similar Effects on Muscular Strength, Flexibility, Agility, Speed and Anthropometric Measures in Basketball Players as Traditional Resistance Training

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Functional Training on Performance Related Physical Fitness Parameters in Professional Basketball Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03272581
• Other study ID #: LUT 12/99-24
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 25, 2017
• Last updated: September 1, 2017
• Start date: August 27, 2013
• Est. completion date: March 17, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: Hasan Kalyoncu University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Basketball has gained worldwide popularity and fascinated players and spectators with its dynamic characteristics as a team sport. This kind of sport is multifaceted that requires well-developed physical fitness to be played successfully. Many authors have suggested that strength, power, agility, and speed are important performance related physical components for elite basketball players. The physical components require that fitness and conditioning attributes of basketball players are well developed to negate the limiting aspect of sport performance. Moreover, functional training is becoming increasingly popular within the fitness industry and has been considered to be a better alternative than traditional training methods for improving various measures of performance. The purpose of this study was to determine whether functional training has effects on performance and related various physical components of basketball players.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: March 17, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: January 29, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be professional basketball players

• Participants have not any upper or lower extremities injury during last 3 months

• Participants must implement age limits

Exclusion Criteria:

• If participants who has;

1. Surgery

2. Musculoskeletal injuries

• Participants who transfer to another professional basketball team

• If participants who has;

1. Systematic inflammatory diseases

2. Neurological diseases

3. Vascular conditions

4. Alcohol abuse

5. Psychiatric disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Basketball
• Exercise

Intervention

Other:
• Functional Training
Functional training has been defined as emphasizing multiple muscle and joint activities, combining upper and lower body movements, and utilizing more of the body in each movement. The primary goal of functional training is to transfer improvement achieve in one movement to enhancing the performance of another movement by affecting the entire neuromuscular system.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hasan Kalyoncu University

References & Publications (11)

Boyle, M., Functional training for sports. 2004: Human Kinetics

de Vreede PL, Samson MM, van Meeteren NL, Duursma SA, Verhaar HJ. Functional-task exercise versus resistance strength exercise to improve daily function in older women: a randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Jan;53(1):2-10. — View Citation

Kibele A, Behm DG. Seven weeks of instability and traditional resistance training effects on strength, balance and functional performance. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Dec;23(9):2443-50. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181bf0489. — View Citation

Lagally KM, Cordero J, Good J, Brown DD, McCaw ST. Physiologic and metabolic responses to a continuous functional resistance exercise workout. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Mar;23(2):373-9. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31818eb1c9. — View Citation

Milton, D.E., et al., The effect of functional exercise training on functional fitness levels of older adults. 2006, University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.

Murugan, A., Nageswaran, A. (2014) Influence of functional training on selected physical components among cricketers. Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 1 (2(5)).

Myer GD, Ford KR, Palumbo JP, Hewett TE. Neuromuscular training improves performance and lower-extremity biomechanics in female athletes. J Strength Cond Res. 2005 Feb;19(1):51-60. — View Citation

Oliver GD, Di Brezzo R. Functional balance training in collegiate women athletes. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Oct;23(7):2124-9. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b3dd9e. — View Citation

Thompson CJ, Cobb KM, Blackwell J. Functional training improves club head speed and functional fitness in older golfers. J Strength Cond Res. 2007 Feb;21(1):131-7. — View Citation

Weiss, T., et al., Effect of functional resistance training on muscular fitness outcomes in young adults. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2010. 8(2): p. 113-122

Whitehurst MA, Johnson BL, Parker CM, Brown LE, Ford AM. The benefits of a functional exercise circuit for older adults. J Strength Cond Res. 2005 Aug;19(3):647-51. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	one repetition strength tests	maximal bench press and leg press tests	20 weeks
Primary	jump tests	standing broad jump and vertical jump	20 weeks
Secondary	Speed Test	20 meters speed test	20 weeks
Secondary	Agility tests	T-Drill and Lane-Agility tests	20 weeks
Secondary	Flexibility Test	Sit and reach test	20 weeks