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NCT Number: NCT05971316

Effectiveness of a Warm-Up With Foam Roller in Professional Basketball Players

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a foam roller warm-up on sports performance in professional basketball players.

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Key information

Conditions

Athletics Injury Athletic Injuries Sports Physical Therapy Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Murcia, Murica, 30107, Spain

About this study

Twenty-two professional basketball players, divided into two randomized groups, carried out a specific warm-up for three months with a foam roller. Three measurements were made, pre-intervention, post-intervention at 12 weeks and a four-week follow-up. In these measurements reference data were taken for jumping, ankle dorsiflexion and balance. During this protocol, they performed three series of sixty seconds of application with thirty seconds of rest between series, three days a week and applied to the calf muscles, hamstrings, quadriceps, gluteus and TFL.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Masculine or feminine
  • Minimum 18 years and maximum 30
  • Professional players
  • Practice 3 training sessions per week + competition on weekends

Exclusion criteria

  • Musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months
  • Surgery in the lower extremity in the last year
  • Present a diagnosed orthopedic or neurological pathology of the lower limb.

Treatment and study plan

Foam roller

Device

General Warm-up + Foam Roller

Primary outcomes

  1. Know the effectiveness of a warm-up with a foam roller in proffesional basketball player during 18 weeks on jumping using the Counter Movement Jump, dorsiflexión using the Lung Test and the balance using the Y-Balance Test

    Time frame: Baseline and week 18

    The countermovement jump will obtain the jump height in centimetres, the ankle dorsiflexion in degrees using the Lung test and the distance in centimeters using the Y-Balance test. High scores in any of the tests will lead to a decrease in the risk of injury and an improvement in performance. A first pre-intervention measurement is carried out, another at 14 weeks post-intervention and others at 18 weeks follow-up. This is the general measure.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the improvement obtained in the experimental group after a warm-up protocol with foam roller for 14weeks 3 days per week on the Counter Movement Jump, Lung Test and Y-Balance test vs non-intervention group.

    Time frame: Baseline and week 14

    Observe the differences obtained after 14 weeks between the pre-intervention vs post-intervention measurement in the experimental group and in the control group. This is the specific measure.

  2. Maintenance of foam roller warm-up adaptations on the Counter Movement Jump, Lung Test and Y-Balance Test after intervention for a 1 month

    Time frame: Week 14 and week 18

    To observe if the differences obtained after 14 weeks of intervention are maintained or not during the following 4 weeks of follow-up, between the post-intervention vs. post-follow-up measurement in the experimental group and in the control group. This is a specific measure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Murcia

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Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of a Warm-Up With Foam Roller for 3 Months in Professional Basketball Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Aug 2, 2023
Registry last updated
Aug 2, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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