Effectiveness of Proprioceptive Exercises in Soccer.

Summary

SUMMARY Contextualization The knee is one of the joints that has more injuries reports in men's soccer. Nowadays there are different injury prevention protocols, but none of them specifically focus on the knee joint. Numerous studies have shown that proprioceptive work is more effective than traditional protocols.

Objective This study aims to test the effects of a proprioceptive exercise program included as part of warm-up or cool-down in preventing knee injuries and muscle performance in youth soccer players Methodology This is a quasi-experimental study with three intervention groups. One group will be control, another group will be experimental with the intervention in the warm-up phase, and another one experimental group with the intervention in the cool-down phase. The independent variable will be the proprioceptive exercises, the dependent variables will be the dynamic balance measured with the Y Balance Test, and the muscular performance measured with Counter Movement Jump and the 40m sprint. The confounding variables will be age, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI).

Conditions

• Knee Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Routine training

Training will be defined by each club coach

OTHER

Routine training + proprioceptive exercise in warm-up

Training will be defined by each club coach, adding four proprioceptive exercises in warm-up: Exercise Description Duration Antero-posterior bipodal horizontal jump Players will jump forward and backward with both feet together, keeping their hands on their waists 30 seconds Unipodal lateral jump Players will perform single-leg lateral jump on both sides of a previously drawn line on the ground, and keeping their hands on their waists. 30 seconds per limb. Antero-posterior unipodal horizontal jump Players will jump forward and backward with one foot, keeping their hands on their waists 30 seconds per limb. Bipodal vertical jump with or whitout ball. Players will perform vertical jumps with both feet carrying a ball in their hands (this added difficulty will be optional). 30 seconds

OTHER

Routine training + proprioceptive exercise in cool-down

Training will be defined by each club coach, adding four proprioceptive exercises in cool-down: Exercise Description Duration Antero-posterior bipodal horizontal jump Players will jump forward and backward with both feet together, keeping their hands on their waists 30 seconds Unipodal lateral jump Players will perform single-leg lateral jump on both sides of a previously drawn line on the ground, and keeping their hands on their waists. 30 seconds per limb. Antero-posterior unipodal horizontal jump Players will jump forward and backward with one foot, keeping their hands on their waists 30 seconds per limb. Bipodal vertical jump with or whitout ball. Players will perform vertical jumps with both feet carrying a ball in their hands (this added difficulty will be optional). 30 seconds

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alcala

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Natalia Romero-Franco, PhD · University of the Balearic Islands

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-07-26

Primary Completion

2020-08-31

Completion

2020-09-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations