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Motor Imagery and Muscle Architecture

NCT05558033 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2022-11-29

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Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of plyometric training on biceps femoris longus (BFl) and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle architecture in healthy football players. Individuals will be randomly placed into training and control groups. Measurements of muscle architecture will be taken bilaterally from BFl and VL muscles by means of an ultrasound device. Functional performance will be evaluated with the single leg jump test. Following the initial evaluations, individuals in the training group will receive plyometric training. Evaluations of muscle architecture and functional performance will be taken again from the individuals in the training and control groups at the end of the 4th and 8th weeks. The received ultrasound images will be calculated through the MicroDicom software. In-group and between-group comparisons will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program and appropriate tests.

Conditions

  • Muscle Architecture

Interventions

OTHER

Plyometric Exercise

Plyometric training consisting of ten different exercises \[vertical unilateral and bilateral counter movement jump, horizontal unilateral and bilateral counter movement jump, drop jump (30 cm), squat jump, step-hop (20 cm), 180 degree rotation in transverse plane, frontal plane hurdle jump (20 cm) and sagittal plane hurdle jump (20 cm)\] for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week. Individuals will not participate in a real plyometric training. Volunteers will watch videos to be prepared (action observation) and imagine them performing those exercises (motor imagery)

OTHER

Football Training

Routine football trainings

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Özlem Ülger · Hacettepe University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-21
Primary Completion
2023-03-15
Completion
2023-06-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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