Reliability of Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test in Overhead Athletes

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Reliability of Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test in Overhead Athletes and Comparison of Athletes With and Without Shoulder Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04199988
• Other study ID #: 4950-GOA
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 31, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Dokuz Eylul University
• Contact: Damla KARABAY, PhD
• Phone: +902323293535
• Email: damla.karabay[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of posterior shoulder endurance test in overhead athletes and to compare the endurance of posterior shoulder muscles between athletes with and without shoulder pain.

Description:

A total of 40 overhead athletes, 20 with shoulder pain and 20 with no shoulder pain, will be included in the study. Shoulder endurance will be measured as isometric and isotonic on both arms of athletes using the posterior shoulder endurance test. The measurements will be repeated after 3-7 days, and the test-retest reliability of the isotonic and isometric posterior shoulder endurance test will be investigated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2022
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

For all athletes:

• Being between the ages of 13-24,

• Participating to overhead sports (tennis, volleyball, handball, etc.),

• Training at least 2-3 hours a week,

• Active participation in training and competitions,

• To be able to complete all assessments in the study,

For athletes with shoulder pain:

• Shoulder pain is 3/10 or more in the Visual Analogue Scale.

For Athletes without shoulder pain:

• No shoulder pain (0/10 according to Visual Analog Scale)

• No history of a shoulder injury and/or shoulder symptoms requiring treatment for the past 1 year.

• Having 90/100 or higher results in Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinical Shoulder & Elbow Score

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bilateral shoulder pain,

• Upper extremity fracture history,

• Surgical history of shoulder, cervical and thoracic region,

• Diagnosis of musculoskeletal disease in the cervical region, elbow, and wrist,

• Neck and shoulder pain with active/passive cervical spine movement,

• Frozen shoulder,

• Multidirectional joint hypermobility,

• Having a systemic musculoskeletal disease,

• Diagnosis of chest deformity and scoliosis.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy
• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test
Isometric posterior shoulder endurance test: In the prone position, the athlete's shoulder will be placed at horizontal abduction, and the time for maintaining this position will be recorded. Isotonic shoulder endurance test: In the prone position, the athlete's shoulder will be placed at horizontal abduction and asked to perform horizontal adduction-abduction, and the athlete will horizontally abducted-adducted his/her arm to 90 degrees at a cadence of 30 beats per minute. The number of repetitions will be recorded.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Dokuz Eylul University, Sports Medicine department	Balçova	Izmir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dokuz Eylul University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Isometric Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test	Isometric	Measurements will be performed in two sessions (3 to 7 days)
Primary	Isotonic Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test	Isotonic	Measurements will be performed in two sessions (3 to 7 days)