Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD)

Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD) Clinical Trial

— GIRD  

Official title:

Correlation Between Loss of Internal Rotation Range of Motion and Size of the Subacromial Space and the Influence of a Home Stretching Program.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01422083
• Other study ID #: 2010/372
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University Ghent
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A loss of mobility in the shoulder in direction of internal rotation is associated with shoulder tendon pathology. Cause-effect relationship between these two is still not clear. It is suspected that this loss of mobility reduces the size of the tunnel in which this shoulder tendon is lying, namely the subacromial space. Overhead athletes frequently show glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) while being healthy and free of shoulder pain. This makes this population interesting to investigate. This study wants to look at shoulders of overhead athletes with GIRD and measure the size of the subacromial space. After this, the athletes will be instructed to perform a home stretching program and at the end the effect of this on mobility and the size of the subacromial space will be measured.60 athletes will be recruited and randomly allocated to the control group and the stretching group. Before they start stretching, subacromial space size will be measured by use of ultrasound. This is a safe and non-invasive measuring tool. Mobility will be measured by use of a digital inclinometer. This also is safe and non-invasive. Patients will be instructed a stretching exercise, which they will be performing at home once a day during 6 weeks. At the end all outcome measures will be reassessed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: April 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• overhead athletes: at least 3 hours/week training

• male and female

• 18-30 years of age

• No shoulder pain during last 3 months for which a doctor was consulted

• No shoulder surgery

• No neck diseases

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD)

Intervention

Procedure:
• home stretching program
A home stretching program (sleeper's stretch): 3 x 30 seconds, once a day for 6 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Ghent University Hospital	Ghent

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Ghent	Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Size of the subacromial space and shoulder mobility.	Measurment of the size of the subacromial space and shoulder mobility are performed by an ultrasound and an inclinometer.	at 0 weeks
Primary	Size of the subacromial space and shoulder mobility.	Measurment of the size of the subacromial space and shoulder mobility are performed by an ultrasound and an inclinometer.	after 6 weeks