Neuro-muscular training for injury prevention of students-rock climbers studying in the specialty "Physical Education and Sports": a randomized study

Abstract

Aim: to reveal the influence of neuromuscular training in combination with an educational program on the injury risk to students – rock climbers – future specialists in the field of physical education and sports. Material and methods. Design. This study was randomized with parallel randomization. The control (n = 22) and the experimental (n = 20) groups were made up of rock-climbers studying in the specialty "Physical education and sports" in 4 universities of Ukraine. The experimental group used neuromuscular training developed for climbers. Neuromuscular training involved: 1 - the use of exercises specific to rock climbing; 2 - concentration on the correct execution of the basic elements of the technique; 3 - application by exercises in a closed kinematic chain; 4 - application of the educational program. Recorded finger injuries during 1 year with using the experimental program. The indicators of the Hazard Ratio (HR) and the Odds Ratio of getting finger injuries were calculated. Results. It has been revealed that the neuromuscular training has been stashed in the second half of the year with the use of finger injuries. Low-collapse finger injury in the control group by 2.27 times in the experimental group ((HR) = 2.27, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.9-2.56; p<0,05). Injury to normalize finger injury in average folding in the control group 3.64 times in the experimental group ((HR) = 3.64, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 2.8-3.92; p<0,05). Exceptional risky eliminate finger injury in high folding in the control group by 2.73 times in the experimental group ((HR) = 2.73, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 2.34- 3.46; p<0,05). Conclusions. The developed program of neuromuscular training in combination with exercises in a closed kinematic chain and with an educational program can be recommended for the injury prevention students - rock climbers studying in "Physical Education and Sports".