Prevention of overuse shoulder injury in handball

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overuse throwing shoulder injury; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN99023492
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital Regensburg

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001270 (added 25/03/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-02-06
• Study Completion: 2020-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 4 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 579

Inclusion Criteria

1. Active handball player in any of the German-speaking handball leagues with at least one competitive match during the interventional season 2019-20
2. Male or female
3. Willingness to implement biweekly prevention exercises into training and match warm-up

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to understand written German
2. No signed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence and intensity of overuse throwing shoulder injury measured using the OSTRC (Oslo Trauma Research Center) Overuse questionnaire as well as short handball-specific WOSI (Western Ontario Shoulder Index) every two weeks throughout the study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Measured using the OSTRC (Oslo Trauma Research Center) Overuse questionnaire as well as short handball-specific WOSI (Western Ontario Shoulder Index) every two weeks throughout the study:<br> 1. Prevalence and intensity of severe overuse throwing shoulder injury<br> 2. Prevalence and intensity of overuse elbow injury<br>