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NCT Number: NCT05868655

The Effect of Exercise on Amateur American Football Players

Football is a team activity that calls for numerous sophisticated talents, including speed, endurance, speed, strength, and quickness. It is getting more and more popular among professional and amateur players, particularly in America.

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Key information

Conditions

Athletic Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

HAZAL genç

Istanbul, None Selected, 34353, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Current research demonstrates that characteristics of American football players like body composition, sprint performance, metabolism, and strength are influenced by elements like the league played, training history, and position played. The ability to generate power with both the upper and lower bodies, change direction quickly, accelerate quickly in both positive and negative directions, run quickly, engage in high-intensity collisions repeatedly, and maintain muscular strength endurance are all skills that players on the court may need.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male individuals between the ages of 18-25
  • Being an American football player
  • Regular attendance at training sessions

Exclusion criteria

  • Known neurological disorder
  • Serious orthopedic disorders that will prevent him from exercising
  • cognitive impairment

Treatment and study plan

Exercise with Video-Based

Other

A program of stability and balance exercises will be provided

Standart exercise-Home-Based

Other

Participants will be asked to take the final measurements after the exercises have been monitored by a physical therapist for eight weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. The Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale is one of two scales that assesses pain-related fear. This scale, which is frequently used in the literature, is based on avoidance due to fear, fear in work-related activities, fear of movement or re-injury. The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia is a 17-item questionnaire that quantifies fear of movement.The original 17-item version of the scale creates scores ranging between 17 and 68 with higher scores indicating more fear of movement

  2. Optojump

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The system can be activated with 2 cameras and at least 2 Optojump bars. In the measurements, the vertical jump height was recorded with the optoJump system and the software of this system (Microgate, Bolzano, Italy). The measurement of the vertical jump distance in centimeters is done by means of two bars in the OptoJump system with sensors that detect movement.

  3. The duration of the jump (milliseconds) .(Optojump)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The system can be activated with 2 cameras and at least 2 Optojump bars. The duration of the jump (milliseconds).

  4. The Biodex balance system

    Time frame: six weeks

    The Biodex balance system (BDS) is one of the mechanical platforms frequently used in balance measurements. It assesses balance through a platform that oscillates in the anteroposterior, mediolateral and general directions simultaneously.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sit-Reach Test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The classical sit-reach test will be used to assess flexibility. According to meta-analyses, the classical sit-reach test is the most reliable method to evaluate hamstring flexibility.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 22, 2023
Registry last updated
Nov 5, 2024

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