Six-Week Combined Vibration and Wobble Board Training on Balance and Stability in Footballers With Functional Ankle Instability
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of a combination of vibration and wobble board training against wobble board training alone in footballers suffering from functional ankle instability (FAI).
Design: A 2 × 3 prefactorial-postfactorial design.
Setting: University research laboratory.
Participants: Thirty-three male semiprofessional footballers with self-reported unilateral FAI were randomly assigned in 3 groups: vibration and wobble board (mean age 22.2 years), wobble board (mean age 22.7 years), and control (mean age 23.1 years).
Interventions: Participants in each intervention group performed a 6-week progressive rehabilitation program using a wobble board, either with or without the addition of vibration stimulus.
Main Outcome Measures: Absolute center of mass (COM) distribution during single-leg stance, modified star excursion balance test (SEBT) reach distances, and single-leg triple hop for distance (SLTHD) were measured before and after 6-week intervention.
Results: Combined vibration and wobble board training resulted in reduced COM distribution [P ? 0.001, effect size (ES) = 0.66], increased SEBT reach distances (P <= 0.01 and P <= 0.002, ES = 0.19 and 0.29, respectively), and increased SLTHD (P <= 0.001, ES = 0.33) compared with wobble board training alone during the course of the 6-week training intervention.
Conclusions: Combined vibration and wobble board training improves COM distribution, modified SEBT scores, and SLTHD among footballers suffering FAI compared with wobble board training alone.
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Aiheet: | jalkapallo vamma ammattilaisurheilu urheiluliitto kansainvälinen kilpailu nivel jalka analyysi värinäharjoittelu harjoittelu palautuminen |
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Aihealueet: | biologiset ja lääketieteelliset tieteet urheilukilpailut |
Tagging: | Sprunggelenk |
DOI: | 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318291d22d |
Julkaisussa: | Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine |
Toimittajat: | W. Meeuwisse |
Julkaistu: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2013
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Vuosikerta: | 23 |
Numero: | 5 |
Sivuja: | 384-391 |
Julkaisutyypit: | artikkeli |
Kieli: | englanti (kieli) |
Taso: | kehittynyt |