The effects of proprioception training program on knee joint position sense in female basketball collegiate athletes

الملخص EN

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of proprioception on knee joint position sense between team basketball athletes before and after intervention program of the lower limb.

Reproduction of knee joint angle by a passive (by the examiner)- active(by the subjects) positioning was employed to measure joint position sense.

Thirty female athletes were participated in this study from the college of Sports Sciences at Mutah University who were registered in basketball class for spring 2007/2008.

They were divided into two equal groups of fifteen athletes, The control and experimental group.

The experimental group underwent proprioceptive training of the lower limb and the control group had the normal routine training.

The results indicated that there was no significant difference of reproduction of the knee joint angle before training between the control and experimental group; there is a significant difference of reproduction joint angle after training between the control and experimental group (p‹0.05).

It was suggested that using a proprioception training program may have a direct impact in decreasing the knee joint injuries in female basketball athletes.