the effect of neuromuscular training on kinetic variables in male athletes with trunk control defects

Background: trunk control defect is one of the neuromuscular defects that can cause sports-related injuries in athletes.aim: this research investigated whether neuromuscular training affects several kinetic parameters in male athletes who had trouble controlling their trunks during a change-of-direction movement.materials and methods: the present study used a pre-test-post-test design and was conducted semi-experimentally. purposefully chosen male athletes (n= 29) with trunk control defects were randomly divided into two groups: control (n= 14) and experiment (n= 15). a kistler force plate was used to quantify kinetic variables. the exercises were performed for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week (30 min each session). to analyze the data, dependent t-test and analysis of covariance and spss software version 21 were used at the significance level of p<0.05.results: the findings indicated a significant decrease in the time to peak anterior-posterior force (p=0.010), time to peak mediolateral force (p=0.001), time to peak vertical force (p=0.003), and rate of loading (p=0.001) of the experimental group. the differences in all control group variables were insignificant, p>0.05.conclusion: performing neuromuscular training is likely to improve the direction change mechanism and prevent injury in athletes with trunk control defects.