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Relationship Between Gluteus Medius Muscle Strength, Balance and Jumping Performance in Professional Female Handball Players

NCT04563182 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2021-01-12

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Summary

Background Balance and jumping mechanisms are important to prevent injuries in sports such as handball, which require immediately change of direction, jumping and landing strategy. Strong proximal stability is required for accurate jump performance and stability.

Objective To investigate the relationship between gluteus medius strength and static, dynamic balance, horizontal and vertical jump performance.

Design Prospective field trial study.

Setting: Elite women handball players in Turkish Handball Super League. Patients (or Participants): Forty-two elite women handball players from Turkish Handball Super League were included in this study.

Interventions (or assessment of risk factors) The Lafayette Hand-Held Dynamometer was used to determine the strength of the gluteus medius. Single leg hop (SLH) test was used for horizontal jump and Lafayette Vertimetric device was used for vertical jump (VJ) evaluation. Y Balance Test (YBT) was used for the dynamic balance with direction of anterior, posteriomedial, posteriolateral and Standing Stork Test (SST) with eyes closed for the measurement of static balance.

Main outcome measurements Gluteus medius strength with hand dynamometer compared with YBT, SST, VJ and SLH tests.

Conditions

  • Gluteus Medius Muscle Strength
  • Handball Players
  • Balance
  • Jumping Performance

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cyprus International University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-17
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-10-17

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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