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Scapula Adaption in Overhead Athletes

NCT03568487 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2025-03-20

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Summary

Previous studies have proposed various ways to assess scapular dyskinesis, but they were impractical in clinical setting or the validity was questioned. The novel scapulometer we developed can measure the prominence of scapular medial border and inferior angle. We would like to examine its reliability and validity in subjects with symptomatic scapular dyskinesis. The long-term, high-intensity, unilateral loading may cause overhead athletes to develop adaptive changes in shoulder kinematics, range of motion (ROM) and strength in the dominant arm. We hypothesized that these changes may be related to scapular dyskinesis. According to the previous studies, we expect electromyography (EMG) biofeedback training can help improve the ratio of muscle activation of scapular muscle.

Conditions

  • Scapular Dyskinesis

Interventions

OTHER

Intensive scapula-focused approach

scapula-focused approach with exercises, 3 x 20 min training per week for 4 weeks

OTHER

Control Therapy

not have any physical training but is encouraged to stay active as usual.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-02
Primary Completion
2022-07-31
Completion
2022-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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