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Ageing and Proprioception in the asymptomatic shoulder: an observational cohort with reliability assessment.

Completed
Conditions
Asymptomatische participanten ten behoeve van onderzoek naar pees-, ligament- en kraakbeenaandoeningen (SAPS).
Asymptomatic participants
Registration Number
NL-OMON46736
Lead Sponsor
eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Asymptomatic volunteers with an evenly distributed age of 18 through 70 years. Volunteers are considered for inclusion in case of no current or past complaint in either shoulder the last two year, defined by a Visual Analogue Scale for shoulder pain of < 10mm (0-100mm, 0 indicates no pain).

Exclusion Criteria

- Younger than 18 years old.
- History of shoulder complaints (e.g. pain, instability, dysfunction), i.e. volunteers who received medical attention for a shoulder complaint or experienced shoulder complaints (impaired function or experienced pain) > 1 week.
- No full range of motion during physical examination
- Pregnancy
- History of malignancy, traumatic shoulder injury, fracture of the shoulder, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, frozen shoulder, previous shoulder injections or shoulder surgery, neurologic disease or muscle disease, diabetes mellitus
- No informed consent
- Insufficient Dutch language skills
- Electronic implants (e.g. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, pacemakers)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>For the assessment of proprioception we will test Joint Position Reproduction<br /><br>(JPR) in a 3-Dimensional motion tracking device (Flock of Birds).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Participants will also rate the subjective JPR acuity during all measurements.<br /><br>The Constant score will be obtained once and demographic characteristics will<br /><br>be noted.</p><br>
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