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Fascial Manipulation Effect on Shoulder Range of Motion and Strength in Handball Players

NCT06009367 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2023-08-24

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Summary

The investigators conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial on the female and male handball players from the Izola Handball Club (Slovenia) who volunteered to participate in the study. Data were collected in the first part of the competition season 2022/2023. The participants were randomly divided into investigated and control groups so that each group had approximately the same number of participants regarding sex and age. The Fascial manipulation (FM) was performed in the investigated group, whereas, in the control group, the participants did not receive the FM. Demographics (sex, age, height, weight, throwing shoulder, playing position, years of playing) were collected. The study protocol complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia (0120-78/2022/9).

The aim of this research was to determine whether and how FM affects IR, HADD ROM and the strength of ER in handball players. The hypotheses include: (1) an increase in IR, HADD ROM, and strength of ER immediately after FM compared to the control group, (2) maintenance of increased ROM and ER strength one month after FM compared to baseline and the control group, (3) a decrease in the subjective feeling of tightness immediately and one month after and (4) the size of the FM effect increases with years of playing and vice versa.

Conditions

  • Connective Tissue Defect
  • Fascia; Anomaly

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Fascial Manipulation by Stecco method

Fascial Manipulation (FM) is a method carefully developed by members of the Stecco family after many years of research. FM involves deep kneading of the muscle fascia at specific points called centers of coordination (CC) and centers of fusion (CF) along myofascial sequences, diagonals, and spirals. It has been proposed that the friction caused by manipulation creates localized heat and that, due to the thermosensitive characteristics of fascia, this heat facilitates the transition of hyaluronic acid within the extracellular matrix from a condensed state to a more fluid state, thus restoring the gliding properties of fascia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anja Baric

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
33 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-10-15
Completion
2022-10-15

Countries

  • Slovenia

Study Locations

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