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Competitive Swimming and Shoulder Adaptations: The Role of Stroke Specialty in Adolescent Swimmers

NCT06909864 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2025-04-04

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Summary

Objectives: To examine the sport-specific adaptations and investigate the effect of swimming stroke specialization in shoulder complex among adolescent competitive swimmers.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: Athletic facilities.

Participants: A total of 76 adolescents participated including n = 28 non-swimmers as Control Group (CG) and n = 48 competitive swimmers as Swimmers Group (SWG).

Main Outcome Measures: Strength of glenohumeral (GH) and scapular muscles (SM), mobility of GH (GH ROMs) joint, proprioception, pectoralis minor length (PML), posterior shoulder tightness (PST) were evaluated for all participants. Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Score (KJOC) was sed to evaluate for SWG. The tested shoulder physical performance parameters were compared between the groups.

Conditions

  • Swimming
  • Shoulder
  • Adolescent

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-16
Primary Completion
2021-09-10
Completion
2021-10-16

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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