Benefits of Traditional and Golf-specific Resistance Training in Amateur Female Golfers

Improved Performance in Amateur Female Golfers (MESH Term: Body Composition) Clinical Trial

Official title:

Benefits of Traditional and Golf-specific Resistance Training in Amateur Female Golfers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03247777
• Other study ID #: HPU#201310-227
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 4, 2015
• Last updated: August 9, 2017
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: April 2014

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: High Point University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Amateur female golfers were randomized to either a functional weight lifting group or a traditional weight lift group. Testing, consisting of performance measures and golf measures, was performed at baseline and after 10 weeks of weight lifting.

Description:

A randomized control trial to compare the effects of 10 weeks of two different types of training in recreationally active female golfers was performed. Participants were recruited through postings at local country clubs and public golf courses, as well as through emails to state and local women's golf associations. Following written informed consent approved by the university's institutional review board, participants completed a medical and golf history questionnaire. Golf-specific information gathered via the history form included self-reported number of years playing golf, handicap, frequency of play, frequency of practice. Baseline testing followed, consisting of measurement of height and weight using a stadiometer, bone density and body composition using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), 7-iron and driver club speed and total ball distance using a golf simulator (High Definition Golf, Interactive Sports Technologies, Vaughan, Ontario), and physical performance tests. Participants were then randomly assigned, using a random number generator, to either a traditional resistance training group (TRAD) or a golf-specific resistance training group (GSRT). Resistance training was conducted 3 days per week for 10 weeks. Each training session was directly supervised by at least one of the researchers, such that correct technique and appropriate resistance could be monitored. Following the 10 weeks of training, participants repeated the testing procedures under similar conditions as baseline testing.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: April 2014
• Est. primary completion date: April 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• females =18 years of age,

• and an official handicap or completion of at least 5 rounds of golf within the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria were current episode of musculoskeletal pain,

• unable to stand and swing a golf club independently,

• systemic disease including but not limited to rheumatologic disease or cancer,

• or psychological or other cognitive impairment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Improved Performance in Amateur Female Golfers (MESH Term: Body Composition)

Intervention

Other:
• Traditional strengthening
dead lifts, bench press, wrist curls, and lat pulldowns as examples
• Functional Strengthening
diagonal chops, one leg deadlifts, lateral plyometrics as examples

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Human Biomechanics and Physiology Study	High Point	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
High Point University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Bone density	bone density- continuous measure measured using a dual image x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan	10 weeks
Other	Body fat percentage	body fat percentage- 0-100% scale measured using a DEXA scan	10 weeks
Primary	Driver club speed	Driver club speed- continuous variable measured in mph	10 weeks
Primary	7-iron club speed	7-iron club speed-continuous variable measured in mph	10 weeks
Primary	Driver distance	Driver distance-continuous variable measured in yards	10 weeks
Primary	7-iron distance	7-iron -continuous variable measured in yards	10 weeks
Secondary	Seated rotation flexibility	sit and rotate left and right- continuous variable measured with a goniometer in degrees	10 weeks
Secondary	Weighted ball golf toss	Using a golf-like motion, toss a 6lb ball as far as possible- continuous scale measured in cm	10 weeks
Secondary	Weighted ball seated toss	sitting in a declined position, use a chest pass motion to toss a 6 lb ball as far as possible- continuous measure measured in cm	10 weeks