EFFECT OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE TRAINING ON THE OCCURRENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES IN ADOLESCENTS WHO PLAY BASKETBALL

Abstract

Background Basketball is a sport with a great associated competitiveness, and where physical contact is present due to ball competition, and therefore there is a greater probability of injury, being more predominant in the lower limbs (joint knee and tibiotarsal), the latter being the main cause of interruption of sports activity. Objective: To verify the effects of proprioceptive training in the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in young athletes practicing basketball; Methods (The project will last twelve weeks, divided in five phases: (1) initial evaluation, where the sociodemographic questionnaire of body discomfort and the SEBT will be applied; (2) initiation of therapeutic exercises for 6 weeks (15 minutes at the start of your training, 3 times per week); (3) intermediate assessment of variables; (4) continuation of the therapeutic exercises for 6 weeks; (5) reassessment of the study variables, after the intervention period; For the analysis of the collected data SPSS software - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 22. A nonparametric (n <30) test of Kruskall Walls and Mann-Whitney was required for the statistical treatment; Results The sample consisted of 20 people with mean ages of 14.38 ± 0.51. In the present study, participants who performed the proprioceptive training program presented improvement in 3 different directions: SebtEsqLateral (p= 0.05), SebtEsqPosteromedial (p= 0.05) and sebtEsqMedial (p= 0.11). However, they did not improve statistically; Conclusions (mention what you concluded from the study and practical implications).