Clinical trial NCT02842008: Effects of a Therapeutic Exercise Program for Injuries Prevention in Wheelchair Basketball (WB) Players
Official title: Effects of a Therapeutic Exercise Program for Injuries Prevention in Wheelchair Basketball (WB) Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Athletic Injuries
Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Injury
Keywords: Exercise Therapy
Shoulder pain
Shoulder injuries
Shoulder function
Prevention
Wheelchair users
Lead sponsor: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-07-22
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Shoulder pain is the most common symptom of physical dysfunction in wheelchair basketball players. About the 85% of this population had shoulder pain in some moment of their life. Some studies suggest that exercise is an important tool as an element to treat and prevent shoulder injuries. For that reason, an intervention program would be a useful tool for prevent shoulder injuries in this population.

The purpose of this study is determine the effects of therapeutic exercise program wheelchair basketball players, in order to prevent shoulder injuries.

Detailed description: The hypothesis of the study was that the exercise program was effective to prevent shoulder injuries in this population.

Eligibility criteria: Study Population 36 wheelchair basketball players belonging to the male and female preselection Spanish wheelchair basketball national team were recruiting during a campus. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were chosen to include a specific population.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Players belonging to the male and female preselection Spanish wheelchair basketball national team.
* Have the federal license at the Spanish Sport Federation for People with Physical Disabilities available at the time of the study (2015-2016 season).
* For players using wheelchair for daily activities, to use the manual wheelchair at least for 3 hours a day and 6 hours of wheelchair basketball training per week.
* For players not using wheelchair for daily activities, to use the manual wheelchair at least for 6 hours of wheelchair basketball training per week.
* Use wheelchair at least one year before the study and at least one year of experience in the sport competition.
* Acceptance of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of acute injuries in the post-surgical process or dislocation along the year before the study. These conditions may affect the effective of the exercise intervention.
* Differential diagnosis as acute injuries at cervical region and recent traumatic injury in shoulder one year before the study. The exercise program may not be appropriate for these conditions.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline shoulder pain at 10 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Neer test
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
measure: Hawkins-Kennedy test
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
measure: Jobe test
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
measure: Patte test
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
measure: Shoulder range of motion
timeFrame: Baseline and at 10 weeks
measure: Players´ adherence to the exercise program
timeFrame: At 4 and 8 weeks
measure: Players´ self-efficacy to the exercise program
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Players adherence to the protocol of postural hygiene.
timeFrame: At 4 and 8 weeks
measure: Activities performed outside of the training and exercise program.
timeFrame: At 4 and 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
name: Javier Pérez Tejero, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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