Effectiveness of the Use of Lightback in Conventional Football Training.

NCT ID: NCT06490354

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-01

Study Completion Date

2025-03-24

Brief Summary

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Lightback is a patented device that allows instrumental stretching of the gluteal muscles. Football players overload this musculature and this type of device is effective and the cost/benefit ratio is high.

The intention is to carry out a randomised clinical trial to carry out a study on athletes to see the differences between a group of football players with their normal training and a group of football players with their normal training and the application of lightback beforehand.

The variables studied will be sprint speed in 20 and 40m, vertical jump height, hamstring muscle injuries throughout the season, triceps sural injuries throughout the season, internal and external hip ROM, dorsal flexion ankle ROM.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Injury; Hip

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
Single blinding.

Study Groups

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Lightback group

Use of the lightback device to relax the gluteal musculature.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lightback group

Intervention Type DEVICE

Use of the patented Lightback device to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Conventional group

Conventional treatment to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional treatment to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Interventions

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Lightback group

Use of the patented Lightback device to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional treatment

Conventional treatment to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Professional football players
* Age range 18 to 45 years
* Able to perform physical exertion without discomfort.

Exclusion Criteria

* Football players recently injured or in an active recovery phase.
* Heterometrics
* Non-collaborators
* Alteration of sensitivity
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad Católica de Ávila

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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JORGE VELAZQUEZ SAORNIL

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Universidad Católica de Ávila

Ávila, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Fernandes CA, Norte GE, Schwab SM, Gokeler A, Murray A, Bazett-Jones DM, Sherman DA. Interpersonal Coordination between Female Soccer Players: Leader-Follower Roles within a Collision-Avoidance Task. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2024 May 1;19(5):548-560. doi: 10.26603/001c.116156. eCollection 2024.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38707861 (View on PubMed)

Junge A, Dvorak J. Soccer injuries: a review on incidence and prevention. Sports Med. 2004;34(13):929-38. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200434130-00004.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15487905 (View on PubMed)

Pirri C, Pirri N, Guidolin D, Macchi V, Porzionato A, De Caro R, Stecco C. Ultrasound Imaging in Football Players with Previous Multiple Ankle Sprains: Keeping a Close Eye on Superior Ankle Retinaculum. Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Apr 25;11(5):419. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11050419.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 38790287 (View on PubMed)

Al Attar WSA, Soomro N, Sinclair PJ, Pappas E, Sanders RH. Effect of Injury Prevention Programs that Include the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Injury Rates in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med. 2017 May;47(5):907-916. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0638-2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27752982 (View on PubMed)

Biz C, Nicoletti P, Baldin G, Bragazzi NL, Crimi A, Ruggieri P. Hamstring Strain Injury (HSI) Prevention in Professional and Semi-Professional Football Teams: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 4;18(16):8272. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168272.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 34444026 (View on PubMed)

Petersen J, Thorborg K, Nielsen MB, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Holmich P. Preventive effect of eccentric training on acute hamstring injuries in men's soccer: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Nov;39(11):2296-303. doi: 10.1177/0363546511419277. Epub 2011 Aug 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21825112 (View on PubMed)

Lovell R, Knox M, Weston M, Siegler JC, Brennan S, Marshall PWM. Hamstring injury prevention in soccer: Before or after training? Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Feb;28(2):658-666. doi: 10.1111/sms.12925. Epub 2017 Jun 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28544170 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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290624

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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