Influence of Anthropometric Data, Shoulder Complex Muscle Strength, and Abdominal-lumbar Endurance in Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test

Shoulder Pain Clinical Trial

— EPOLTEST 2  

Official title:

Influence of Anthropometric Data, Shoulder Complex Muscle Strength, and Abdominal-lumbar Endurance in Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05291273
• Other study ID #: 29BRC22.0005
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 8, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 8, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: University Hospital, Brest
• Contact: Marc Beaumont
• Phone: 02 98 62 61 60
• Email: mbeaumont[@]ch-morlaix.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A previous study of the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (EPOLTEST) in a population aged 18 to 25 years isolated 3 main factors influencing the CKCUEST score: upper extremity span, weight, and sex of the individual. A predictive equation for the CKCUEST score was thus established and to date has a capacity to determine the real score of approximately 51%.

The results of this first study show that a certain number of variables have not been studied.

The purpose of this study, EPOLTEST 2, is to take into account the variables already studied on a larger population (18-50 years old) and to add an assessment of shoulder muscle strength and abdominolumbar endurance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 247
• Est. completion date: December 8, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 8, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged to 18 to 50 years

• Capacity to consent

• Who has signed the consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fracture history or upper limb luxation < 1 year

• Pain or discomfort that prevents the test from being performed

• History of abdominal surgery or hernia < 1 year

• Pregnant or nursing

• Refuse to participate

• Guardianship or protection of vulnerable adult

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test
Each patient receive the same intervention, the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST). The CKCUEST is a functional test which assess shoulder's stability. Patient is in push-up position, with 91 cm between his hands. His body is straight and his foots are squeeze. patient has to touch his hand with his other one and returns in the initial position. Then, patient repeats this movement with his other hand, etc, during 15 secondes. The CKCUEST score is the movement's number performed.
• Prone Bridge Test
The prone bridge test also known as the "plank" or "hover" measures the muscular endurance of the abdominal muscles. Subjects will start in the "down" push up position with their feet together and their hands shoulder width apart. When the test starts the subject will push up to the prone bridge position so they are resting on their hands and toes making sure they maintain a straight line from the shoulders through the hips to the knees. The outcome measure will be the time where the subject stay in this position.
• Measurement of the muscle strength of the shoulder complex
Maximum isometric force of the external and internal rotators and abductors/adductors measured by a dynamometer.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU de Brest	Brest

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Brest

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST) score	Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test/ The CKCUEST is a functional test which assess shoulder's stability. Patient is in push-up position, with 91 cm between his hands. His body is straight and his foots are squeeze. Patient has to touch his hand with his other one and returns in the initial position. Then, patient repeats this movement with his other hand, etc, during 15 secondes. The CKCUEST score is the movement's number performed. Three tests are performed. The outcome measure will be the mean of the score of the three tests realisation.	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's weight in kilograms	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's height in centimeters	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's BMI in kg/m^2	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's upper extremity length in centimeters	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's upper extremity span in centimeters	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's distance between acromion and radial styloid of the right upper limb in centimeters	Day 1
Primary	Anthropometric data	Measurement of the subject's distance between olecranon and radial styloid of the right upper limb in centimeters	Day 1
Primary	Muscular strength of the shoulder complex	Maximum isometric force of the external and internal rotators and abductors/adductors measured by a dynamometer in Newton.	Day 1
Primary	Abdominal-lumbar stability	The prone bridge test also known as the "plank" or "hover" measures the muscular endurance of the abdominal muscles. Subjects will start in the "down" push up position with their feet together and their hands shoulder width apart. When the test starts the subject will push up to the prone bridge position so they are resting on their hands and toes making sure they maintain a straight line from the shoulders through the hips to the knees. The outcome measure will be the time where the subject stay in this position.	Day 1