Effects of a forefoot-oriented exercise intervention on jumping performance and injury incidence in volleyball players – A randomized controlled intervention study.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Healthy subjects
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011927
- Lead Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Physiotherapy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 158
Inclusion Criteria
• Volleyball players
• Nationalliga B, 1 league or 2. league Switzerland
• Age 16 +
• German speaking
• Minimum of 2 training sessions per week
• Signed written consent
• Painlessness
Exclusion Criteria
• Anamnestic clarified acute musculoskeletal symptoms / complaints on the lower limb or the back
• Anamnesically clarified foot deformities or known pathologies of the lower limb
• Acute or chronic infections
• Pain when walking / jumping;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Jump performance operationalized with the maximum jump height [cm] (Squat Jump and Counter Movement Jump). Measurement at Baseline and after 12-week training intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Injury incidence is operationalized on the basis of the injury registration form (International Volleyball Federation FIVB). Survey from baseline continuously until 12 weeks after intervention end