The Effect of Nordic Exercise on Children's Agility

Hacettepe University54 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of one-way and two-way Nordic exercise on the agility of active children. Children who meet the necessary criteria will be randomly assigned to one-way Nordic exercise group, two-way Nordic exercise group and control group by drawing lots. Volunteers in the training group will participate in a four-week training, two sessions per week. Agility will be assessed at baseline and after four weeks with the T-agility test. In-group and between-group comparisons will be analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program and appropriate tests.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sports Performance in Children

Interventions

One-way Nordic ExerciseOTHER

Participants in this group will be given the standard Nordic Hamstring exercise.

Two-way Nordic ExerciseOTHER

In addition to the standard Nordic Hamstring exercise, participants in this group will do the same exercise backwards for the quadriceps.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children between the ages of 8-12 * To be actively participating in football training. Exclusion Criteria: * Those with orthopedic, neurological and congenital problems. * Those with any systematic disease. * Those who have experience taping before. * Those who have undergone any surgery within the last 1 year. * Those who have been absent from training for more than 2 weeks in the last three months.

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

T-Agility Test

Agility

Time frame: 4 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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