CompletedNot Applicable

Elastic Band Exercise to Improve Hip Strength and Agility in Young Basketball Players

Serbia21 participantsStarted 2024-01-10

Plain-language summary

Here is the complete Brief Summary entry in a single paragraph, written in plain language, and excluding the study results (as requested), but maintaining academic rigor in describing the study design: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a 4-week short-term eccentric strengthening program using elastic bands on both hip adductor muscle strength and agility performance in young male basketball players. For this randomized controlled trial, twenty-one healthy young male athletes were separated by chance into two conditions: a training group, which performed the 4-week elastic band protocol in addition to their regular basketball training, and a control group, which engaged exclusively in their routine training. The primary measurements for comparison were maximal eccentric and isometric hip adduction strength (using a hand-held dynamometer) and the agility T-test. It is hypothesized that this targeted eccentric strengthening will lead to a significant enhancement of both hip adduction strength and overall athletic performance in the intervention group

Who can participate

Age range

15 Years – 18 Years

Sex

MALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy young male basketball players. * Must be a participant in a sub-elite basketball team. * Age: 15-18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Injury and/or pain in the knee, hip, groin, and/or lower back within the last six months * Previous history of hip-adductor exercises performed in the preceding six months

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What they're measuring

Maximal Eccentric Hip Adduction Strength (EHAD)

Timeframe: Baseline (Pre-intervention) and 4 Weeks (Post-intervention)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07421986

SponsorNebojša Trajković

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-02-10

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