Regional Interdependence of the Shoulders and Hips in Gymnasts With Low Back Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Presence of low back pain in past month
研究概览
简要总结
Low back pain is a common condition in children who perform gymnastics. Commonly, the injury is not the result of a specific injury, but is a stress injury to the lumbar spine. Regional interdependence is a theory that suggests when adjacent joints and muscles are not working properly increased stress is placed on a particular joint. This theory would suggest that if a patient did not have enough hip extension to perform a back bend increased motion would occur in the lumbar spine allowing the gymnast to complete the technique. Currently, no research links impairments in other joints to low back pain in gymnasts.
This is a cross sectional study assessing the relationship between gymnast with back pain and flexibility and strength of the shoulder and hip joints. Investigators will travel to a local gymnastics training centers and assess the gymnasts' strength and flexibility of the the hips and shoulders. The gymnast will also fill our a questionnaire assessing if they have had back pain in the past month and how much has it limited their ability to participate in gymnastics. Investigators will be blinded to the results of this survey.
The goal of this research study is to see if there are any link between strength and flexibility of the hips, and shoulders and gymnasts with low back pain. The investigators hypothesize that gymnasts who demonstrates impairments in strength and flexibility of the hips, or shoulders will be more likely to have complaints of low back pain.
详细描述
Female gymnasts will fill out a survey prior having their strength and flexibility tested. The investigators will be blinded to the results of the survey.
The questionaire asked the gymnasts several questions:
- Age
- Years in Gymnastics
- At what level did you last compete?
- On average how many hours per week do you participate in gymnastics?
- Have you had any back pain in the past month that has affected your ability to participate in gymnastics?
- If you answered yes to the last question: please rate your ability to participate in gymnastics with back pain?(0 represents unable to perform gymnastics and 100 represents no difficulty participating in gymnastics
After the gymnast complete the survey the investigators will assess the flexibility and strength of their shoulder and hip muscles. Investigators will be blinded to survey results. Evaluation measures will be performed in a randomized manner. Subjects will randomly perform shoulder or hip testing first (determined by flip of coin). Flexibility and strength testing will also be determined randomly (determined by flip of coin).
Evaluation measures
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •At least 7 years old
- •Level 5 or higher gymnast
排除标准
- •Patient with a injury to the shoulder, or hips that prevents them from performing gymnastics.
- •Patients who are unable to follow directions.
结局指标
主要结局
Presence of low back pain in past month
时间窗: Baseline
Presence of significant low back pain that has affected gymnastics ability at time of evaluation
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Mitchell Selhorst
Principle Investigator
Nationwide Children's Hospital