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Range of Motion, Humeral Retroversion and Rotator Cuff (RC) Muscle Strength of the Shoulder in Overhead Athletes

NCT02024893 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2017-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

* Shoulder pain and dysfunction are common problems in overhead sports, due to extreme ranges of motion and repetitive loading. Predisposing factors include inadequate range of motion (ROM), such as a reduction in total ROM or a shift of balance between internal and external rotation. Such a shift may be the result of soft tissue adaptations to the activity demands, or reflect a structural outcome of Humeral retroversion. A shift in the range of motion may be detrimental to the rotator muscle function, which may create another risk factor for shoulder injury.
* The purpose of this study is to document shoulder range of motion, humeral retroversion, rotator muscle strength and fatigue in several groups of overhead athletes undergoing a routine pre season screening once a year, and investigate the interaction between those factors in the different groups.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Observational study

Observation and type of data collected are listged in detail under 'description"

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wingate Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eyal Shargal, PhD · Wingate Institute

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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