Nöromuskuler egzersiz programının adölesan dönem erkek basketbol oyuncuları üzerine etkileri

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of a neuromuscular exercise program on balance, vertical jump and core endurance. Sixteen basketball players in Dostlukspor Club are included in the study. Participants were assigned to either the Exercise Group (EG) or the Control Group (CG) by simple computer-based randomization. While EG participated to the neuromuscular exercise program as a warm up program, CG continued conventional warm up program twice a week for six weeks under the supervision of a physiotherapist. The neuromuscular exercise program including balance, mobility, plyometrics and core stabilization exercises lasted for 20-25 minutes. Assessments included Y-Balance Test (YBT), McGill Core Endurance Test (MCET) and Vertical Jump Test (VJT) for measuring balance, core endurance and vertical jump respectively. All the participants were evaluated before and after interventions. Study showed that there was a significant difference in all reach directions of YBT in EG before and after interventions (p<0.05). Moreover, a significant difference was found in all directions except the right anterior direction comparing EG and CG (p<0.05). A significant difference was found in the core endurance parameter including endurance of the flexor, extensor and right/left core regions in the basketvball players of EG at the end of 6 weeks (p<0.05). In the CG, a significant difference was found only in the endurance of the extensor region at the end of 6 weeks (p<0.05). In the comparison between the groups, it was found that the applied neuromuscular exercise program was influential on the core endurance parameter of the flexor, extensor and right/left core regions (p<0.05). At the end of 6 weeks, no significant difference was found in the vertical jump parameter in the both groups when compared intragroup and intergroup differences (p>0.05). In summary, the study concluded that NM warm up traning positively affected core endure and dynamic balance compared to traditional warm up program in the adolescent basketball players. Thus, NM exercise program performed during warm up period may encoureged among adolescnet basketball players to improve perfomance parametrs.