Sports Physical TherapyNCT04258124
Cervical Motor Control Exercises in Strength and Perception of Effort in Electronic Sports Players
A study of Sports Physical Therapy, run by Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia at 1 site in Spain.
Trial summary
Introduction. One of the most common injuries in competitive esports professionals is dorsolumbar and neck pain, due to the effort caused by the maintenance of the site for long periods of time. Cervical motor control exercises recruit the deep musculature by increasing its strength and reducing muscle fatigue. Aim. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 25 years, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 20 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSpain
- Study dates
- 24 Sep 2020to 10 Dec 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 25 years
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Electronic sportsmen
- Male sex
- From 18 to 25 years
- That at the time of the study participate in national competitions
- That they have not suffered a musculoskeletal pathology in the last 4 months.
Who cannot join
- Athletes taking anti-inflammatory drugs that may influence the intervention
- Players who are allergic to nylon (main component of the evaluation device)
- That they have not signed the informed consent document.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Spain1 site
European University of Madrid
Madrid, 28670
Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD, ruben.cuestab@gmail.com
About this study
Official title: Effectiveness of a Physical Therapy Intervention Through Cervical Motor Control Exercises in the Improvement of Strength and Perception of Effort in Electronic Sports Players. A Randomized Clinical Study
Introduction. One of the most common injuries in competitive esports professionals is dorsolumbar and neck pain, due to the effort caused by the maintenance of the site for long periods of time. Cervical motor control exercises recruit the deep musculature by increasing its strength and reducing muscle fatigue.
Aim. Evaluate the effectiveness of motor control exercises in cervical muscle fatigue and strength, in electronic athletes from 18 to 25 years.
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Study design. Randomized clinical trial, simple blind. Methods. 30 electronic athletes will be randomly assigned in two groups: experimental (which will perform 3 sessions of 3 motor control exercises) and control (which will not perform any type of intervention). The intervention will last 6 weeks, with 3 weekly sessions of 10 minutes each. The study variables are the muscle strength of the deep cervical muscle (measured by a stabilizer pressure gauge) and the subjective perception of the effort (Borg scale).
Expected results. The aim is an improvement in the muscular strength of deep cervical muscles, together with a decrease in subjective perception of exertion.
- Conditions
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Being tested
- Control motor intervention
- Keywords
- Physiotherapy, Motor Control, Cervical, Stabilizer, Esports
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Control motor interventionOther
The intervention through motor control will consist in the application of the protocol described by Hidalgo-Peréz et al. The objective of the application of the technique is to produce an increase in the strength of the deep cervical musculature. The exercises will be performed with the subject in different positions: supine, quadrupedic and standing position. The physiotherapist will be placed in standing position in front of the subject. The intervention will be carried out in 3 sessions with 3 exercises of 15 repetitions, and with breaks of 40 seconds between each series and exercise.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental group | Experimental | Each session will last 10 minutes, taking place 3 days a week, over a period of 6 weeks. The intervention will take place at the beginning of the training session. The intervention will be carried out in 3 sessions with 3 exercises of 15 repetitions, and with breaks of 40 seconds between each series and exercise.
Exercise 1. In quadruped position, keeping the back flat, making an isometric contraction of the transverse muscle, and raising one arm and one leg contralaterally.
Exercise 2. Training of the deep cervical flexor muscles, supine. Players will move their heads slowly towards craniocervical flexion.
Exercise 3. In standing position, an ocular-cervical coordination exercise by means of a cranio-cervical flexion, adding a rotation, guided by an eye feedback provided by the physiotherapist by means of a laser projected on a wall. Receives: Other: Control motor intervention |
| Control group | No intervention | Athletes in the control group will be asked to follow their usual warm-up routine. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change from baseline strength of the deep cervical musculature after treatment and at 1 month
An assessment will be carried out with a pressure gauge (Stabilizer model). It will be used according to the protocol indicated by Hudswell et al. The athlete will be positioned supine. The pressure gauge will be placed on the stretcher in the posterior cervical area, asking the subject for a craniocervical flexion. The unit of measure of this measuring instrument is mmHg. A higher score indicates greater strength.
Measured: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Secondary outcomes (1)
Change from baseline subjective perception of effort after treatment and at 1 month
It will be done by administering the Borg scale. With this scale, the perception of effort will be measured. After the intervention, we will ask the athlete to assign a number from 0 to 10 to represent the subjective feeling of the amount of work done. The scoring range is from 0 to 10 points, where a higher score will indicate a greater perception of effort.
Measured: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Feb 2020
- Study start24 Sep 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completion20 Nov 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Dec 2020 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Sports Physical TherapyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
- Sponsor type
- Research network
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD, Principal investigator, Universidad Europea de Madrid
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04258124
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CMOTOR
- Status last verified
- Sep 2020
- First submitted
- 4 Feb 2020
- Last updated
- 29 Sep 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Sep 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effectiveness of a Physical Therapy Intervention Through Cervical Motor Control Exercises in the Improvement of Strength and Perception of Effort in Electronic Sports Players. A Randomized Clinical Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04258124
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CMOTOR
- Conditions
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Keywords
- Physiotherapy, Motor Control, Cervical, Stabilizer, Esports
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Investigación en Hemofilia y FisioterapiaResearch network
- Study start
- 24 Sep 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 20 Nov 2020 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Dec 2020 (estimated)
- First posted
- 6 Feb 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Introduction. One of the most common injuries in competitive esports professionals is dorsolumbar and neck pain, due to the effort caused by the maintenance of the site for long periods of time. Cervical motor control exercises recruit the deep musculature by increasing its strength and reducing muscle fatigue.
Aim. Evaluate the effectiveness of motor control exercises in cervical muscle fatigue and strength, in electronic athletes from 18 to 25 years.
Study design. Randomized clinical trial, simple blind. Methods. 30 electronic athletes will be randomly assigned in two groups: experimental (which will perform 3 sessions of 3 motor control exercises) and control (which will not perform any type of intervention). The intervention will last 6 weeks, with 3 weekly sessions of 10 minutes each. The study variables are the muscle strength of the deep cervical muscle (measured by a stabilizer pressure gauge) and the subjective perception of the effort (Borg scale).
Expected results. The aim is an improvement in the muscular strength of deep cervical muscles, together with a decrease in subjective perception of exertion.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental group | Experimental | Other: Control motor interventionEach session will last 10 minutes, taking place 3 days a week, over a period of 6 weeks. The intervention will take place at the beginning of the training session. The intervention will be carried out in 3 sessions with 3 exercises of 15 repetitions, and with breaks of 40 seconds between each series and exercise. Exercise 1. In quadruped position, keeping the back flat, making an isometric contraction of the transverse muscle, and raising one arm and one leg contralaterally. Exercise 2. Training of the deep cervical flexor muscles, supine. Players will move their heads slowly towards craniocervical flexion. Exercise 3. In standing position, an ocular-cervical coordination exercise by means of a cranio-cervical flexion, adding a rotation, guided by an eye feedback provided by the physiotherapist by means of a laser projected on a wall. |
| Control group | No intervention | –Athletes in the control group will be asked to follow their usual warm-up routine. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 25 years
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Electronic sportsmen
- Male sex
- From 18 to 25 years
- That at the time of the study participate in national competitions
- That they have not suffered a musculoskeletal pathology in the last 4 months.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Athletes taking anti-inflammatory drugs that may influence the intervention
- Players who are allergic to nylon (main component of the evaluation device)
- That they have not signed the informed consent document.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Control motor interventionThe intervention through motor control will consist in the application of the protocol described by Hidalgo-Peréz et al. The objective of the application of the technique is to produce an increase in the strength of the deep cervical musculature. The exercises will be performed with the subject in different positions: supine, quadrupedic and standing position. The physiotherapist will be placed in standing position in front of the subject. The intervention will be carried out in 3 sessions with 3 exercises of 15 repetitions, and with breaks of 40 seconds between each series and exercise. | Other | Experimental group |
Primary outcome
Change from baseline strength of the deep cervical musculature after treatment and at 1 month
Time frame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
An assessment will be carried out with a pressure gauge (Stabilizer model). It will be used according to the protocol indicated by Hudswell et al. The athlete will be positioned supine. The pressure gauge will be placed on the stretcher in the posterior cervical area, asking the subject for a craniocervical flexion. The unit of measure of this measuring instrument is mmHg. A higher score indicates greater strength.
1 secondary outcome
Change from baseline subjective perception of effort after treatment and at 1 month
Time frame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Sep 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD principal investigator
Universidad Europea de Madrid
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study of Sports Physical Therapy, run by Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia at 1 site in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Sep 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD (+34 913146508, ruben.cuestab@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change from baseline strength of the deep cervical musculature after treatment and at 1 month (time frame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Sep 2020.