Evaluation of Physical Performance and Functional Asymmetries in Female Football

NCT ID: NCT03862560

Last Updated: 2019-03-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

68 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-07-01

Study Completion Date

2018-07-01

Brief Summary

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Worldwide, soccer has grown increasingly popular among female players. According to the Women´s Football Survey of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), there were more than 30 million registered women soccer players in 2014. Elite female soccer players cover approximately a total distance of 10 km with 1.7 km completed at high-speed (\>18 km/h-1), between 1350 and 1650 changes of activity like passing, dribbling, tackling and trapping and 5.1 and 31.2 repeated sprinting and high intensity bouts, respectively. Thus, it seems that those strategies addressed to improve such high-intensity activities should be considered a priority for female soccer players.

Different training methods to improve soccer specific variables have been developed such as, high-intensity interval training, resisted sprint training, strength training or plyometric training. Whilst individual training interventions have been shown to produce enhancements in measures of athletic performance for soccer players, there is a paucity of studies looking at the effectiveness of strength and power training specifically on performance measures in female soccer populations.

Unilateral strength asymmetry can be a risk factor of musculoskeletal injuries. In recent years, inter-limb asymmetries have been included in battery tests performed by different soccer clubs due to their relation with lower-limb injuries. Few studies have analysed the change of an intervention on inter-limb asymmetry in female soccer players, hence, more studies for this population are warranted.

The main aim of this research project is therefore, to evaluate the effect of a physical intervention on the performance and inter-limb asymmetries of female soccer players.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Resistance Training Inter-limb Asymmetries Athletic Performance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental group

Female soccers that perform a strength training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Strength training program

Intervention Type OTHER

Strength training program in female soccer players

Control group

Female soccers that do not perform a strength training

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Strength training program

Strength training program in female soccer players

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Caucasian, Healthy participant, from 12 to 20 years old, with a history of training at least 3 years.

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-caucasian, injury.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidad de Zaragoza

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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José A. Casajús

Senior Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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GENUD Research group (Growth, Exercise, NUtrition and Development)

Zaragoza, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Hoff J, Helgerud J. Endurance and strength training for soccer players: physiological considerations. Sports Med. 2004;34(3):165-80. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200434030-00003.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 14987126 (View on PubMed)

Olsen OE, Myklebust G, Engebretsen L, Holme I, Bahr R. Exercises to prevent lower limb injuries in youth sports: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2005 Feb 26;330(7489):449. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38330.632801.8F. Epub 2005 Feb 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15699058 (View on PubMed)

Brumitt J, Heiderscheit BC, Manske RC, Niemuth PE, Rauh MJ. Lower extremity functional tests and risk of injury in division iii collegiate athletes. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2013 Jun;8(3):216-27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23772338 (View on PubMed)

Kiani A, Hellquist E, Ahlqvist K, Gedeborg R, Michaelsson K, Byberg L. Prevention of soccer-related knee injuries in teenaged girls. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jan 11;170(1):43-9. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.289.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20065198 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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C.P. - C.I. PI19/039

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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