Comparison of Eccentric Training on Injury Prevention and Hamstring Strength in Football Players

NCT ID: NCT05771792

Last Updated: 2023-07-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-12

Brief Summary

To determine the effect of the eccentric exercise training on injury prevention and hamstring strength in football players.

Detailed Description

Hamstrings injuries are common among footballers with a higher prevalence rate in male footballers. Despite the relatively high incidence of hamstring injuries in sports, no clear prevention methods have been identified. Most hamstring muscle injuries occur during an eccentric phase of any activity. Eccentric hamstring training has been used for injury prevention in recent years. The two distinguishing characteristics of eccentric muscle contractions have been well understood: 1) great force output; and 2) low energy cost to produce the force. Due to these distinguishing characteristics, eccentric exercise is widely used in injury prevention programs.

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of eccentric training as compared to conventional training in hamstring muscle injury prevention and strengthing in football players.

Conditions

Sport Injury; Exercise Therapy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

eccentric exercise group

SPECIFIC MODIFIED EXERCISE PROGRAM GROUP The modified exercise group will perform 6 exercises

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

ECCENTRIC EXERCISE

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eccentric Exercise training group will perform 8 weeks of protocol with a total 24 sessions for 45 minutes (3 session per week). During each 45 minutes training session, subjects will complete the warmup for 10 minutes, Eccentric Exercise training for 25 minutes and cool down 10minutes. All players will perform each repetition in a slow, controlled manner, 10 repetition and 3 sets in first 4 week and 15 repetition and 3 sets in last 4 weeks of all exercises for 45 minutes. Eccentric exercise training protocol is as follow: Prone Hamstring Curl, Seated TheraBand Hamstring Curl, Exercise Ball (or glider) Bridge with Curl, Stiff-Legged Deadlift, Single Leg Deadlift, Nordic Hamstring Curl.

control group

CONVENTIONAL EXERCISES PROGRAM GROUP The conventional exercises program will perform conventional exercises.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CONVENTIONAL EXERCISES PROGRAM

Intervention Type: OTHER

The participant of the Control Group will perform 8 weeks of protocol with a total 24 sessions for 45 minutes (3 session per week). During each 45 minutes training session, subjects will complete the warmup for 10 minutes, conventional training for 25 minutes and cool down 10minutes. All players will perform each repetition in a slow, controlled manner, 10 repetition and 3 sets in first 4 week and 15 repetition and 3 sets in last 4 weeks of all exercises for 45 minutes. The exercise will be as follow: Side Lunges, Split Squats, Calf Raises.

Interventions

ECCENTRIC EXERCISE

Eccentric Exercise training group will perform 8 weeks of protocol with a total 24 sessions for 45 minutes (3 session per week). During each 45 minutes training session, subjects will complete the warmup for 10 minutes, Eccentric Exercise training for 25 minutes and cool down 10minutes. All players will perform each repetition in a slow, controlled manner, 10 repetition and 3 sets in first 4 week and 15 repetition and 3 sets in last 4 weeks of all exercises for 45 minutes. Eccentric exercise training protocol is as follow: Prone Hamstring Curl, Seated TheraBand Hamstring Curl, Exercise Ball (or glider) Bridge with Curl, Stiff-Legged Deadlift, Single Leg Deadlift, Nordic Hamstring Curl.

Intervention Type: OTHER

CONVENTIONAL EXERCISES PROGRAM

The participant of the Control Group will perform 8 weeks of protocol with a total 24 sessions for 45 minutes (3 session per week). During each 45 minutes training session, subjects will complete the warmup for 10 minutes, conventional training for 25 minutes and cool down 10minutes. All players will perform each repetition in a slow, controlled manner, 10 repetition and 3 sets in first 4 week and 15 repetition and 3 sets in last 4 weeks of all exercises for 45 minutes. The exercise will be as follow: Side Lunges, Split Squats, Calf Raises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Football players with age 18 to 40
• Male
• Players playing football for > 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

• Having history of injury and surgery in past
• Those players having any kind of musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, or degenerative problems
• Those players who have any medical conditions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Saad Rauf, Ph.D*

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Etihad Football Club

Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

REC/01404 Shivam Sachdev

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id