The Effect of a Shoulder Training Program to Prevent Shoulder Pain Among Girls in Junior Team Handball

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Pain
• Interventions: Other: Control group; Other: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT02631395
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Very little is known about the potential for preventing the prevalence of shoulder complaints in handball players, particularly younger players. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of a shoulder training program on shoulder pain during a season of team handball.

Detailed Description

Six teams, consisting of 13 to 25 players each, were randomized into two groups throughout their competition seasons. Three teams participated in a seven--month, three--times--a--week shoulder--muscle strength--training program while three teams participated in a comparable handball training program but did not conduct any specific upper--body strength training. Effects of this strength--training program were evaluated by comparing pre-- and post--training data from a survey on shoulder complaints based on a self--report questionnaire (quick DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The players completed the VAS on pain once a month. In addition to that the players were tested in a maximum push up test, dynamometer test for internal and external rotation strength in the shoulder and throwing distance in the pre- and posttest.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted: 2015-05-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-12-11
• Study First Posted: 2015-12-16
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 106

Inclusion Criteria

• team handball players in the top division in the J16 class in the Trøndelag region in Norway

Exclusion Criteria

• previous shoulder operations og fractures in the shoulder region

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	Control group	The three teams in the Control Group trained as normal throughout the season and participated in a comparable handball training program, but did not conduct any specific upper--body strength training
Training group	Exercise	Six teams, consisting of 13 to 25 players each, were randomized into two groups throughout their competition season; the training Group (intervention Group) and the Control Group.The intervention group completed strength training exercises Three times a week the Whole competition season.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder pain (Visual Analogue Scale)	7 months	Effects of this strength--training program were evaluated by comparing pre-- and post--training data from a survey on shoulder complaints based on a self--report questionnaire (quick DASH) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The players completed the VAS form on shoulder pain in the beginning of the season, then once a month throughout the season, and then in the end of the season.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder function (Quick DASH)	7 months	The quick DASH questionaire was completed in the beginning and in the end of the season.; In addition to the VAS and Quick DASH, the players were tested in a maximum push up test, dynamometer test for internal and external rotation strength in the shoulder and throwing distance in the pre- and posttest (see secondary outcome measures).
Throwing distance	7 months	The Maximum throwing distance With a handball was recorded in the beginning and in the end of the season.
Push ups	7 months	The Maximum number of push ups the players were able to perform was recorded in the beginning and in the end of the season.
Shoulder strength	7 months	External and internal rotation strength in the shoulder was measured with a handheld dynamometer in the beginning and in the end of the season.