Evaluation of the Contribution of Basketball-specific Target Shooting Exercises to Strength, Position Sense, Stability and Endurance in Young Basketball Players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises
• Interventions: Other: Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05374889
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of open kinetic chain proprioception exercises on joint position sense, strength, functional stability and endurance in adolescent basketball players

Detailed Description

Adolescent basketball players, aged 13-16, were randomly divided into two groups as exercise group (n = 11) and control group (n = 11). Exercise group performed open kinetic chain functional proprioception exercises twice a week for 6 weeks. Control group did not participate in any exercise program. Before and after the exercise program all athletes were subjected to the proprioception test and isokinetic muscle strength test on the isokinetic dynamometer, closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test and modified push-up test.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-01-02
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-15
• Study Completion: 2020-06-20
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• being 13-16 years old
• being male
• playing basketball regularly

Exclusion Criteria

• having any upper extremity muscle injury in the last 6 months,
• having a limitation in the shoulder girdle range of motion,
• having a shoulder, elbow, wrist dislocation problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise Group	Open Kinetic Chain Proprioception Exercises	Athletes were asked to throw the ball at predetermined targets in different positions with their eyes closed. In the first exercise, the athlete was positioned 2 m from the target in a sitting position, facing the marked lines on the wall. It was asked to make 3 trial shots with a basketball ball while the eyes were open, from the bottom up to the 3 lines on the wall. Then the shots were made while the eyes were closed. In the next exercise, it was requested to make 3 trial shots from the bottom up by looking at the same 3 lines marked in the supine position at the distance of 1 m from the target. Then the shots were made with the eyes facing the ceiling. The last exercise was in a standing position, from the line marked 5 m from the target to the basket, it was requested to make 3 trial free throw with eyes open to the basket. Then, after each throw, the athlete was asked to turn around his own axis and continue to next throw, with eyes closed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test	5 minutes	Recording the number of touches in 15 seconds
Modified push-up test	10 minutes	Recording the number of push-ups
Proprioception test- Cybex-Humac NORM	20 minutes	Position-based proprioception test with Cybex-Humac NORM in 60 ̊ and 120 ̊ angles
Peak Torque & Peak Torque/Body Weight- Cybex-Humac NORM	20 minutes	Strength and endurance tests with Cybex-Humac NORM at 60°/sec and 180°/sec angular velocities

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Sports Medicine Department; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey