Plyometry and Tapping in the Functional Improvement of Non-professional Basketball Players

NCT ID: NCT06367790

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 19 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-01

Brief Summary

Introduction. In basketball, the lower extremities have the highest prevalence of injury, regardless of gender and professional category.

Objective. To analyse the efficacy of a physiotherapy intervention using a protocol of plyometric exercises and dry needling in non-professional basketball athletes.

Methods. Randomised clinical study. 20 players will be randomised to an experimental group (plyometric exercises and dry needling of the gastrocnemius muscles) and a control group (plyometric exercises). The intervention will include 8 sessions over 4 weeks. The study variables will be: range of motion in dorsal flexion in loading (Leg Motion®) and unloading (goniometer) and vertical jump (MyJump2®).

Expected results. An intervention of plyometric exercises and dry needling produces significant differences in range of motion and vertical jump in basketball players, compared to the isolated administration of plyometric exercises.

Conditions

Basketball Players

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group

The intervention period will last 4 weeks, with a periodicity of 2 weekly sessions of 30 minutes each. All interventions will take place in the sports facilities of both clubs. The interventions will be carried out by the principal investigator of the study. The 10 players assigned to the experimental group will perform plyometric exercises and will undergo dry needling of the gastrocnemius (gastrocnemius muscle) and the control group (plyometric exercises and dry needling of the gastrocnemius muscle).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental group

Intervention Type: OTHER

The athletes included in the experimental group will undergo an intervention using a plyometric exercise protocol, 2 days a week, and dry needling of the gastrocnemius muscles will be applied in a weekly session.

To perform the dry needling intervention, 0.3x50mm disposable steel needles will be used, applying the "quick in-and-out" technique. To do this, first of all, the intervention area will be cleaned with alcohol and sterile gloves will be used to perform the manoeuvre in complete safety. The active or latent trigger point is then located within the taut band by inserting the needle deeper and deeper, and then moving the needle up and down in search of a local contraction response. A maximum of 8 insertions or up to the athlete's tolerance limit will be applied.

Control group

The 10 players assigned to the control group will perform plyometric exercises.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control group

Intervention Type: OTHER

The athletes included in the control group will perform an intervention using a plyometric exercise protocol, 2 days a week, under the same conditions as the experimental group.

Interventions

Experimental group

The athletes included in the experimental group will undergo an intervention using a plyometric exercise protocol, 2 days a week, and dry needling of the gastrocnemius muscles will be applied in a weekly session.

To perform the dry needling intervention, 0.3x50mm disposable steel needles will be used, applying the "quick in-and-out" technique. To do this, first of all, the intervention area will be cleaned with alcohol and sterile gloves will be used to perform the manoeuvre in complete safety. The active or latent trigger point is then located within the taut band by inserting the needle deeper and deeper, and then moving the needle up and down in search of a local contraction response. A maximum of 8 insertions or up to the athlete's tolerance limit will be applied.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group

The athletes included in the control group will perform an intervention using a plyometric exercise protocol, 2 days a week, under the same conditions as the experimental group.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Non-professional basketball players who are in competition.
• Subjects over 18 years of age
• Athletes competing in the first men's division of the basketball federation of the Region of Murcia.
• Sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects who are injured at the time of data collection.
• Subjects who are unable to attend all training sessions during the duration of the research.
• Athletes with apprehension to dry needling.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

Bask-Pliomet

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id