Young Age Soccer Player's Lower Limb Muscle Imbalance and Functional Status

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Eccentric Exercises on Lower Limb Muscle Imbalances and Functional Status of Young Female Football Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06053632
• Other study ID #: LithuananianSportsU-15
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Lithuanian Sports University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized controlled trial is designed to examine the effects of low-load and high-velocity eccentric exercises on lower limb muscular properties, imbalances and functional status of 13-15 years old female football players.

Description:

Twenty participants were included in the study. All participants were divided in two groups - control and experimental. In the experimental group (n=10) participants after team soccer training additional received 4 weeks eccentric exercises, in the control group (n=10) - did not perform additional exercises. The research group performed additional low-load and high-velocity - lying prone - eccentric hamstring exercise 3 times per week for 4 weeks. Pre- and post- training assessment included concentric/eccentric knee extension and flexion at 60°/s and 120°/s, changes in muscle contractile characteristics and dynamic balance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 13 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy players able to participate in training and competitions.
• Playing football for at least 2 years.
• Regularly participating in team training, 2-3 times a week.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Female soccer players with a lower extremity injury (in a period of 6 months)
• Pain is less than 2 points on the Visual Analog Pain Scale.
• Irregular exercise
• The number of years of training attended is too low

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Low-load and high-velocity - lying prone - eccentric hamstring exercise
Low-load and high-velocity - lying prone - eccentric hamstring exercise 3 times per week for 4 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Lithuania	Lithuanian Sports University	Kaunas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lithuanian Sports University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Lithuania, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in isokinetic peak torque (with Biodex)	Knee extension/flexion isokinetic peak torque measurements will be done at 60°/s, 120°/s	Baseline and after 4 weeks
Primary	Dynamic balance	Y-balance Test evaluates lower extremity strength, knee stability and dynamic balance in anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral direction. For each direction, three practice trials were allowed before three test trials were recorded. Mean reach distances (cm) was normalized to leg length, which was measured from the anterior superior iliac spine to the most distal portion of the medial malleolus.	Baseline and after 4 weeks
Primary	Changes in muscle contractile characteristics (with tensiomyography (TMG))	Muscle involuntary contractile characteristics of the lower-limb muscles-the rectus femoris (RF), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), biceps femoris (BF), semitendinosus (ST), tibialis anterior (TA), gastrocnemius medialis (GM) and gastrocnemius lateralis (GL)-will be recorded by measuring the response of these muscles to an induced electric stimulus (provoked by two self-adhesive electrodes) using TMG equipment on both the left and right lower extremities.	Baseline and after 4 weeks