Upper Extremity Asymmetries in Overhead Athletes

Performance Clinical Trial

Official title:

Upper Extremity Asymmetries in Overhead Athletes: Relationship With Injury and Performance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06302114
• Other study ID #: Tubitak
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Pamukkale University
• Contact: Erhan Kizmaz
• Phone: +905418966676
• Email: erhankizmaz[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Although overhead sports have different characteristics, the movements in the shoulder and upper extremity are similar. These sports may involve a combination of symmetrical, asymmetrical, bilateral and unilateral movements. In sports involving asymmetric movements, biomechanical changes are observed in that area due to the use of the dominant extremity. One of the reliable methods to reveal the stress effects caused by biomechanical stresses is to determine limb asymmetries. Considering the literature, limb asymmetries may be related to injury and performance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 27, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 15 years and older

• Attending regular sports training and competitions

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute injury during tests

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athletic Injuries
• Injury;Sports
• Performance

Intervention

Other:
• Assessment of overhead athletes
Assessment of medicine ball forward throw, Y balance test, Range of motion of the shoulder (internal and external rotation), strength of internal and external rotator muscles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Pamukkale University	Pamukkale	Denizli

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pamukkale University	Tübitak

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Medicine ball forward throw	The medicine ball forward throwing test is used to determine anaerobic power in athletes. The farthest distance the medicine ball is thrown from the starting position is recorded	From enrollment to the end of assessment for 1 day
Primary	Y balanced test	Y balance test for the upper extremity is a test that evaluates the performance of the extremities and core balance. While one hand is fixed on the platform, the other hand tries to reach in the anterior, posterolateral and posteromedial directions. The furthest distance reached is recorded. The test is repeated for both extremities.	From enrollment to the end of assessment for 1 day
Primary	Range of motion of internal and external rotation	While the athletes lie on their back, the shoulder is abducted at 90 degrees and the elbow is flexed at 90 degrees, internal and external rotation degrees are measured using a universal goniometer.	From enrollment to the end of assessment for 1 day
Primary	Strength of Internal and External Rotator Muscles	While the athletes are lying on their back, with the shoulder in 90 degrees of abduction and the elbow in 90 degrees of flexion, internal and external rotation degrees are measured using the Commander Powertrack II dynamometer.	From enrollment to the end of assessment for 1 day