Can a short neuromuscular warmup before tackling improve shoulder joint position sense in rugby players?

Baker, Simon P; Fulcher, Mark; Exeter, Daniel; McMorland, Angus J. C.; Sahni, Manroy

doi:10.23736/s0022-4707.19.09568-9

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“…Likewise, Salgado et al [13] found significant increases in knee joint position sense in 14 soccer players after a standard pre-competition warm-up lasting 25 min; as other authors [14,36], they justified the positive effects in proprioception by changes in muscle circulatory supply, improvements in nerve conduction and/or increases in muscle spindle sensitivity. Additionally, Romero-Franco and Jiménez-Reyes [16] or Baker et al [17] also observed an increase in joint position sense after warm-up exercises.…”

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“…Previous studies showed that physical exercise changing the functional state of the muscle can affect proprioception, namely joint position sense. Studies have shown that exercise-induced fatigue acutely decreases the accuracy of the position sense [12,13], while warm-up exercise or a single session of unspecific exercise not inducing fatigue [14][15][16][17] increases joint position sense. For instance, Bouët and Gahéry [14] showed an increase in knee joint position sense after 10 min of moderate exercise (warm-up without any fatigue) on a cycle ergometer.…”

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Acute Impact of Proprioceptive Exercise on Proprioception and Balance in Athletes

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This study aimed to compare the acute effect of a proprioceptive exercise session and a non-specific exercise session on knee position sense, and the static and dynamic balance of athletes. Sixty male athletes (19.4 ± 1.2 years) participated in a within-subjects repeated-measures study. Knee position sense in closed kinetic chain, and static (BESS test) and dynamic balance (Y-balance test) were measured before and after two exercise sessions, consisting of 10 min of non-specific exercise in a cycle-ergometer or proprioceptive exercise with an unstable platform. Overall, both exercise sessions significantly improved knee position sense, BESS score, and YBT composite score, and no differences were detected between proprioceptive and non-specific sessions (knee position sense, −6.9 ± 65.2% vs. −11.5 ± 75.0%, p = 0.680; BESS, −19.3 ± 47.7% vs. −29.03 ± 23.5%, p = 0.121; YBT, 2.6 ± 2.7% vs. 2.2 ± 2.2%, p = 0.305). Twenty athletes did not improve knee position sense after the exercise session (non-responders). When analyzing only the exercise responders, both sessions improved knee position sense, but the improvement was greater after the proprioceptive exercise session (56.4 ± 25.6% vs. 43.8 ± 18.9%, p = 0.023). In conclusion, a single proprioceptive, as well as non-specific, exercise session increased knee position sense and balance. The proprioceptive exercise seems to be more effective in improving joint position sense when considering only athletes who respond to the intervention.

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