Upper Extremity Stability and Balance in Youth Basketball Players

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital73 enrolled

Overview

Ball games require extensive skill, including physical, technical, mental and tactical abilities. Among them, the physical abilities of the players show obvious effects on the players' own skills and the tactics of the team. It involves skillful moves that include shooting, defending, and dribbling. It requires repeated maximum effort, such as a.

Endurance is defined as the strength of the physical and physiological characteristics of a basketball player to cope with fatigue. Flexibility is the ability of the athlete to use the range of motion he uses while demonstrating the movements, in every possible direction in the joint range.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Balanced

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 14 YearsMax age: 25 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being a basketball player * Regular attendance at training sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Known neurological disorder * Serious orthopedic disorders that prevent exercise * cognitive impairment

Locations (1)

Bahceşehir University Health Center

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Star Excursion Balance Test

Eight directions including anterior, superomedial, medial, inferomedial, posterior, inferolateral, lateral, and superolateral were marked on floor by tapes with scale and the angle between each strip of tape were 45°. The minimum unit of the UESEBT was 0.5 cm. Distances for analysis were normalized by dividing the right upper limb length of every participant, and then multiplying by 100.

Time frame: day 1

Medicine Ball Throwing

Individuals will be asked to take a position in front of a wall, with feet shoulder-width apart, to grasp the medicine ball with both hands. A medicine ball weighing three kg will be used in this test. Individuals will be asked to bring the medicine ball upside down and throw it forward.The distance the ball is thrown will be recorded

Time frame: day 1

Upper extremity Y Test

Upper extremity lengths are determined by measuring the distance between the C7 cervical vertebra processus spinosus and the middle fingertip of the athletes. In this position, the athletes are positioned perpendicular to the middle extension of the Y balance kit (the arm that makes an angle of 135° with the other ends). Afterwards, the athlete is asked to push the platform apparatus along the superior and inferior arms, which are lateral to the lateral side of his fixed hand, and take it to the last point it can take. Y balance scores were found using the reach distance and limb length in each direction.

Time frame: day 1

Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (TEST)

Individuals were positioned in the push-up position, with their bodies aligned in a straight line when viewed from the side, with a distance of 90 cm between their hands. The athletes were asked to touch the dorsum of the dominant hand and the other hand within 15 seconds, and the total number of repetitions was recorded.

Time frame: day 1

Push Up Test.

The push-up test was performed with the participant pushing their arms off the floor until their elbows were straight while keeping their legs and back straight. This movement was repeated as many times as possible, ending when the subject stopped or the participant did not perform the push-ups properly or held the correct position several times.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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