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NCT Number: NCT02925377

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Postural Balance

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Institute of Sport Science and Sport; FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen, Bavaria, 91058, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Gender: Female
  • Handball players
  • Actively participated in competitions
  • Uninjured at study enrollment

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Neuromuscular warm-up

Behavioral

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.

Standard warm-up

Behavioral

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline: Static postural control

    Time frame: 3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks

    Postural sway (center of pressure sway velocity) during unipedal quiet standing, eyes opened (20 seconds)

  2. Change from Baseline: Dynamic postural control

    Time frame: 3, 6, 9, and 11 weeks

    Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of a Specific Warm-up Program to Improve Static and Dynamic Postural Control in Adult Female Handball Players

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2011
First posted
Oct 5, 2016
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2016

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