Benefits of Traditional and Golf-specific Resistance Training in Amateur Female Golfers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Improved Performance in Amateur Female Golfers (MESH Term: Body Composition)
• Interventions: Other: Functional Strengthening; Other: Traditional strengthening

• Registration Number: NCT03247777
• Lead Sponsor: High Point University

Brief Summary

Amateur female golfers were randomized to either a functional weight lifting group or a traditional weight lift group. Testing, consisting of performance measures and golf measures, was performed at baseline and after 10 weeks of weight lifting.

Detailed Description

A randomized control trial to compare the effects of 10 weeks of two different types of training in recreationally active female golfers was performed. Participants were recruited through postings at local country clubs and public golf courses, as well as through emails to state and local women's golf associations. Following written informed consent approved by the university's institutional review board, participants completed a medical and golf history questionnaire. Golf-specific information gathered via the history form included self-reported number of years playing golf, handicap, frequency of play, frequency of practice. Baseline testing followed, consisting of measurement of height and weight using a stadiometer, bone density and body composition using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), 7-iron and driver club speed and total ball distance using a golf simulator (High Definition Golf, Interactive Sports Technologies, Vaughan, Ontario), and physical performance tests. Participants were then randomly assigned, using a random number generator, to either a traditional resistance training group (TRAD) or a golf-specific resistance training group (GSRT). Resistance training was conducted 3 days per week for 10 weeks. Each training session was directly supervised by at least one of the researchers, such that correct technique and appropriate resistance could be monitored. Following the 10 weeks of training, participants repeated the testing procedures under similar conditions as baseline testing.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11
• Primary Completion: 2014-04
• Study Completion: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-04
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-08-09
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-14
• Last Update Posted: 2017-08-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• females ≥18 years of age,
• and an official handicap or completion of at least 5 rounds of golf within the last year

Exclusion Criteria

• Exclusion criteria were current episode of musculoskeletal pain,
• unable to stand and swing a golf club independently,
• systemic disease including but not limited to rheumatologic disease or cancer,
• or psychological or other cognitive impairment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Functional Strengthening	Functional Strengthening	These subjects performed exercises that either mimicked golf (diagonal chop) or that required balance and stability (single leg dead lift)
Traditional strengthening	Traditional strengthening	These subjects performed traditional strengthening exercises of targeted muscle groups (For example, bench press, lat pulldowns, dead lifts and wrist curls)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Driver distance	10 weeks	Driver distance-continuous variable measured in yards
7-iron distance	10 weeks	7-iron -continuous variable measured in yards
Driver club speed	10 weeks	Driver club speed- continuous variable measured in mph
7-iron club speed	10 weeks	7-iron club speed-continuous variable measured in mph

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Seated rotation flexibility	10 weeks	sit and rotate left and right- continuous variable measured with a goniometer in degrees
Weighted ball golf toss	10 weeks	Using a golf-like motion, toss a 6lb ball as far as possible- continuous scale measured in cm
Weighted ball seated toss	10 weeks	sitting in a declined position, use a chest pass motion to toss a 6 lb ball as far as possible- continuous measure measured in cm

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Human Biomechanics and Physiology Study; 🇺🇸 High Point, North Carolina, United States