Relationship Between Gluteus Medius Muscle Strength, Balance and Jumping Performance in Professional Female Handball Players

NCT ID: NCT04563182

Last Updated: 2021-01-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-17

Study Completion Date

2020-10-17

Brief Summary

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Background Balance and jumping mechanisms are important to prevent injuries in sports such as handball, which require immediately change of direction, jumping and landing strategy. Strong proximal stability is required for accurate jump performance and stability.

Objective To investigate the relationship between gluteus medius strength and static, dynamic balance, horizontal and vertical jump performance.

Design Prospective field trial study.

Setting: Elite women handball players in Turkish Handball Super League. Patients (or Participants): Forty-two elite women handball players from Turkish Handball Super League were included in this study.

Interventions (or assessment of risk factors) The Lafayette Hand-Held Dynamometer was used to determine the strength of the gluteus medius. Single leg hop (SLH) test was used for horizontal jump and Lafayette Vertimetric device was used for vertical jump (VJ) evaluation. Y Balance Test (YBT) was used for the dynamic balance with direction of anterior, posteriomedial, posteriolateral and Standing Stork Test (SST) with eyes closed for the measurement of static balance.

Main outcome measurements Gluteus medius strength with hand dynamometer compared with YBT, SST, VJ and SLH tests.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Gluteus Medius Muscle Strength Handball Players Balance Jumping Performance

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Muscle strength

GMed strength was assessed with the use of a Lafayette Manual Muscle Tester (Lafayette Instruments; Lafayette, Indiana, USA).

No interventions assigned to this group

Horizontal Jumping Performance

Lower extremity horizontal jumping was measured using the single leg hop (SLH) test as previously described

No interventions assigned to this group

Vertical Jumping Performance

To measure the single-leg vertical jump (SLVJ), the participants stood on the ground with their foot flat distributing their weight evenly on both feet.

No interventions assigned to this group

Dynamic Balance

The Y-Balance Test (YBT) was used to dynamic balance

No interventions assigned to this group

Static Balance

The Stork balance test (SBT) was used to measure static balance performance

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age between 18-40 years,
* playing Handball at least for 5 year as a professional player
* currently free of any lower limb injuries within the last three months
* no previous history of injury or surgery that may affect their lower limbs.

Exclusion Criteria

* having lower limb injury for more than 1 month;
* having a history of surgery, or chronic and progressive disease in their lower limb
* having scoliosis or any other orthopaedic or neurological problems
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Cyprus International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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caglar soylu

Çağlar Soylu (Principal Investigator)

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Ankara, Etlik, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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2020-244

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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