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The Effect of a Handball Warm-Up Program on Dynamic Balance among Elite Adolescent Handball Players

This study examined the effect of the handball warm-up program (HWP) on dynamic balance among elite adolescent handball players. In this case, 24 handball players were randomly assigned into experimental warm-up and control groups. The HWP was performed over 8 weeks (3 times per week). Dynamic balan...

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Autores principales: Daneshjoo, Abdolhamid, Hoseinpour, Ali, Sadeghi, Hassan, Kalantari, Aref, Behm, David George
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35202058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10020018
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author Daneshjoo, Abdolhamid
Hoseinpour, Ali
Sadeghi, Hassan
Kalantari, Aref
Behm, David George
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Hoseinpour, Ali
Sadeghi, Hassan
Kalantari, Aref
Behm, David George
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description This study examined the effect of the handball warm-up program (HWP) on dynamic balance among elite adolescent handball players. In this case, 24 handball players were randomly assigned into experimental warm-up and control groups. The HWP was performed over 8 weeks (3 times per week). Dynamic balance before and after the intervention training programs were measured by the Biodex Balance System (BBS) and Y Balance test for the dominant (DL) and non-dominant legs (non-DL). After HWP training, BBS scores significantly improved in the overall (OSI) (30.4% and 31.1%), anterior-posterior (APSI) (44.6% and 35.2%), and medial-lateral stability indexes (MLSI) (38.8% and 43%) for both DL and non-DL. Post-training, the Y Balance test exhibited significant improvements in OSI (13.2% and 10.6%), anterior (17.2% and 12.6%), posteriolateral (12.8% and 11.3%), and posteriomedial stability indexes (9.2% and 7.9%) with DL and non-DL, respectively. In conclusion, dynamic balance improved overall after eight weeks of the HWP, with this improvement significantly greater with the trained versus the control group. Optimal balance during handball is an important factor to ensure coordinated and efficient movements and it is speculated that improved balance could positively impact injury prevention. Hence, the HWP program can be used as an alternative to a conventional warm-up program.
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spelling pubmed-88765632022-02-26 The Effect of a Handball Warm-Up Program on Dynamic Balance among Elite Adolescent Handball Players Daneshjoo, Abdolhamid Hoseinpour, Ali Sadeghi, Hassan Kalantari, Aref Behm, David George Sports (Basel) Article This study examined the effect of the handball warm-up program (HWP) on dynamic balance among elite adolescent handball players. In this case, 24 handball players were randomly assigned into experimental warm-up and control groups. The HWP was performed over 8 weeks (3 times per week). Dynamic balance before and after the intervention training programs were measured by the Biodex Balance System (BBS) and Y Balance test for the dominant (DL) and non-dominant legs (non-DL). After HWP training, BBS scores significantly improved in the overall (OSI) (30.4% and 31.1%), anterior-posterior (APSI) (44.6% and 35.2%), and medial-lateral stability indexes (MLSI) (38.8% and 43%) for both DL and non-DL. Post-training, the Y Balance test exhibited significant improvements in OSI (13.2% and 10.6%), anterior (17.2% and 12.6%), posteriolateral (12.8% and 11.3%), and posteriomedial stability indexes (9.2% and 7.9%) with DL and non-DL, respectively. In conclusion, dynamic balance improved overall after eight weeks of the HWP, with this improvement significantly greater with the trained versus the control group. Optimal balance during handball is an important factor to ensure coordinated and efficient movements and it is speculated that improved balance could positively impact injury prevention. Hence, the HWP program can be used as an alternative to a conventional warm-up program. MDPI 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8876563/ /pubmed/35202058 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10020018 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Daneshjoo, Abdolhamid
Hoseinpour, Ali
Sadeghi, Hassan
Kalantari, Aref
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title_fullStr The Effect of a Handball Warm-Up Program on Dynamic Balance among Elite Adolescent Handball Players
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title_short The Effect of a Handball Warm-Up Program on Dynamic Balance among Elite Adolescent Handball Players
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35202058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports10020018
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