Injury Prevention Programs in Overhead Athletes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy; Shoulder Impingement Syndrome; Shoulder Injury; Shoulder Pain Chronic; Shoulder Joint Limitation; Shoulder Flexibility

• Registration Number: NCT06747702
• Lead Sponsor: University Ramon Llull

Brief Summary

To evaluate and describe the effect of performing an integrated injury prevention exercises on the variables considered as injury risk factors in overhead athletes

Detailed Description

To evaluate and describe the effect of performing fast or 6-8 weeks injury prevention programs on the variables considered as injury risk factors in overhead athletes as glenohumeral rotational range of motion or muscle activation pattern and asymmetries.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-09-02
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-04
• Study Completion: 2024-12-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-17
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Signing the informed consent according last version ogf Helsinky Declaration.
• Be involved in a overhead sport for a minimum of 2 years.

Exclusion Criteria

• Have some pain or disconfort to develop the outcome measurements

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder ROM	From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 weeks. Follow-up at 12-weeks	Shoulder rotational range of movement will be measured made by a single experienced examiner with the IMU Output Capture (Output V2 Unit, Ireland). The IMU will be calibrated prior to ROM testing according to the device instructions. The IMU will be securely attached to the participant's forearm with a self-adhering strap, 10 cm distal to the lateral epicondyle. Measurements will be sent wirelessly to a tablet and subsequently transferred to the Output Hub specific software to calculate ROM
Muscle RMS	From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 weeks. Follow-up at 12-weeks	Escapular complex muscular activation EMG recording will be measured with the mDurance® device (mDurance® Solutions SL, Granada, Spain). The mDurance® system consisted of an EMG Shimmer3 unit (Realtime TechnologiesLtD, Dublin, Ireland). Muscles-activity data were obtained using a validated surface electromyography (EMG) system. This novel system includes a us-er-friendly software, and a light hardware, which make it more affordable and accessible for clinicians and sport trainers. The mDurance® system consisted of an EMG Shimmer3 unit (Realtime TechnologiesLtD, Dublin, Ireland). The unit has a bipolar surface elec-tromyography bipolar sensor for the acquisition of muscle activity. Each Shimmer3 has two channels, with a sampling rate of 1024 Hz applying a bandwidth of 8.4 Hz, and a 24-bit signal with an overall amplification of 100 to10,000 v/v \[41\]. This device is valid and reliable for recording muscle activity during a functional task (ICC = 0.916; 95% CI = 0.831-0.958)
Muscles Asymetries	From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 weeks. Follow-up at 12-weeks	Diferences in % the muscle activation of the interescapular muscle complex by EMG. These recording will be also performed with the mDurance® device (mDurance® Solutions SL, Granada, Spain). The mDurance® system consisted of an EMG Shimmer3 unit (Realtime TechnologiesLtD, Dublin, Ireland) . This device is valid and reliable for recording muscle activity during a functional task (ICC = 0.916
Shoulder proprioception	From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 weeks. Follow-up at 12-weeks	The Ability of recognizing a specific glenohumeral rotational range of movement degrees we will use the IMU Output Capture (Output V2 Unit, Ireland). The IMU was calibrated prior to ROM testing according to the device instructions. The IMU was securely attached to the participant's forearm with a self-adhering strap, 10 cm distal to the lateral epicondyle. Measurements were sent wirelessly to a tablet and subsequently transferred to the Output Hub specific software to calculate ROM

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

FPCEE Blanquerna; 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain