Prevention of Hamstring Injuries in Football Players.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hamstring Injuries
• Interventions: Other: 2.5.3. Combined therapy; Other: Passive Neurodynamics and Passive axial hip mobilisation/distraction; Other: Active therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05773404
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Católica de Ávila

Brief Summary

Introduction: The prevalence of hamstring injuries in football is high, causing an increase in the number of casualties and a high socio-economic cost. Currently there are different treatment protocols for this muscle group, but there are often no comparisons of different types of passive, active and combined therapies, and their potential efficacy, in professional football players.

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of three different interventions; passive manual therapy, active therapy based on therapeutic exercise and combined therapy, in relation to hamstring injuries in professional football players.

Methodology: A simple Randomised Clinical Trial (RCT) was conducted (NCT04935398). After applying the selection criteria, a sample of 66 professional football players was obtained. They were divided into 3 intervention groups (A, B and C) with 22 participants in each group and were given passive manual therapy, active therapy (exercise) and combined therapy (sum of the above). The corresponding tests and questionnaires were evaluated to obtain data on hamstring flexibility and hip range of movement at three time periods: pre, post and post2.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-21
• Study Completion: 2021-04-28
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

• Professional football athletes.
• Between 18-40 years of age.
• Male gender.
• Active in competitive season.

Exclusion Criteria

• Neurological signs.
• Inability to follow the evaluator's instructions.
• Physical activity of less than 2 hours per week.
• Serious lower limb injury during the study period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
combined therapy	2.5.3. Combined therapy	The physiotherapist performs passive techniques and in addition the player performs active techniques on the hamstring muscles.
passive manual therapy	Passive Neurodynamics and Passive axial hip mobilisation/distraction	The physiotherapist performs passive techniques on the hamstring muscles of the footballers.
active therapy (exercise)	Active therapy	The physiotherapist does not perform passive techniques and it is the player who performs active techniques on the hamstring muscles.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
range of movements measurements	1 month	Observe the degrees of mobility of the lower limb joints.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Católica de Ávila; 🇪🇸 Ávila, Spain