Motor Control Prevention Strategies in Basketball Players

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Ankle Sprains; Motor Disorders

• Registration Number: NCT06520046
• Lead Sponsor: University of Salamanca

Brief Summary

Ankle sprains have always been considered as isolated injury entities, in which the passive ankle stabilisation system suffered an elongation due to trauma. Today, this concept of an isolated injury has evolved into a more holistic concept, interrelated with various components from different sources.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-09
• Study Start: 2024-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-31
• Study Completion: 2025-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Basketball players aged between 10-18 years old who play regularly in one of the basketball clubs in the city of Salamanca.

Exclusion Criteria

• previous injuries
• fractures
• use of orthoses and technical aids

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Presence of Myofascial trigger points	At the beginning and at 9 months	Diagnostic criteria established by Travell and Simons, the presence or absence of active or latent myofascial trigger points will be assessed.
Range of motion	At the beginning and at 9 months	Measurements of the articular range of the ankle joint
Speed of contraction of the musculature	At the beginning and at 9 months	By means of the isokinetic tests and the aforementioned exploratory curves, the speed of contraction of the musculature of the back of the leg and foot will be evaluated
Musculature Strength	At the beginning and at 9 months	Measurement of the strength of the musculature of the back of the leg by means of isokinetic tests