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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00011927
Date of registration: 23/03/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Physiotherapy
Public title: Effects of a forefoot-oriented exercise intervention on jumping performance and injury incidence in volleyball players – A randomized controlled intervention study.
Scientific title: Effects of a forefoot-oriented exercise intervention on jumping performance and injury incidence in volleyball players – A randomized controlled intervention study.
Date of first enrolment: 01/10/2017
Target sample size: 128
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011927
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Open (masking not used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Switzerland
Contacts
Name: Heiner    Baur
Address:  Murtenstrasse 10 CH-3008 Bern Switzerland
Telephone: 0041318484515
Email: heiner.baur@bfh.ch
Affiliation:  Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Physiotherapy
Name: Heiner    Baur
Address:  Murtenstrasse 10 CH-3008 Bern Switzerland
Telephone: 0041318484515
Email: heiner.baur@bfh.ch
Affiliation:  Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Physiotherapy
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Volleyball players
• Nationalliga B, 1 league or 2. league Switzerland
• Age 16 +
• German speaking
• Minimum of 2 training sessions per week
• Signed written consent
• Painlessness

Exclusion criteria: • Anamnestic clarified acute musculoskeletal symptoms / complaints on the lower limb or the back
• Anamnesically clarified foot deformities or known pathologies of the lower limb
• Acute or chronic infections
• Pain when walking / jumping;


Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Healthy subjects
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Intervention: Volleyball players complete their classic warm-up routine with muscular and cardiorespiratory warm-up before their sports-specific training (control). Duration of a training session: 20min, frequency: 2-4 times a week - depending on the level of playing and the corresponding amount of training, intervention: 12 weeks).
Group 2: Intervention: Volleyball players complete their classic warm-up routine with muscular and cardiorespiratory warm-up before their sports-specific training (control). Duration of a training session: 20min, frequency: 2-4 times a week - depending on the level of playing and the corresponding amount of training, intervention: 12 weeks). PLUS: The classic warm-up routine is expanded by forefoot oriented exercises (running, jumping) (Intervention Group)
Primary Outcome(s)
Jump performance operationalized with the maximum jump height [cm] (Squat Jump and Counter Movement Jump). Measurement at Baseline and after 12-week training intervention.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Injury incidence is operationalized on the basis of the injury registration form (International Volleyball Federation FIVB). Survey from baseline continuously until 12 weeks after intervention end
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Physiotherapy
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 25/08/2016
Contact:
Email:pfiffner@kek.unibe.ch
Kantonale Ethikkommission Bern (KEK)Generalsekretärin: Dr. sc. nat. Dorothy Pfiffner [Kantonale Ethikkommission Bern (KEK) www.kek-bern.ch ]
031 632 86 33
Email:pfiffner@kek.unibe.ch
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 26/01/2023
Date Completed: 01/07/2018
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011927#studyResults
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