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Neuromuscular Warm-up Intervention to Improve Postural Control in Female Handball Players

NCT02925377 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2016-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations of static and dynamic balance as potential injury risk factors to a specific warm-up program focusing on neuromuscular control.

Conditions

  • Postural Balance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Neuromuscular warm-up

The intervention group replaced their regular warm-up routine with seven neuromuscular warm-up exercises performed for 15 minutes prior to each practice session (3x/week) over a period of eleven weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard warm-up

Athletes in the control group followed their regular 15 minutes warm-up routine provided by the team coaches.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Astrid Zech, Prof. Dr. · Institute of Sports Science, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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