Clinical trial NCT02946112: Shoulder Position in Volleyball Players With Shoulder Pain
Official title: Relationship Between Shoulder Position and Neuromuscular Mechanosensitivity in Volleyball Players With Shoulder Pain
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Shoulder Pain
Lead sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Alcala
First posted: 2016-10-26
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: volleyball players

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between shoulder position and the presence of pain in volleyball players. To do this, will be measured pain sensation and the position of acromion process

Detailed description: The position is defined as the alignment of body segments at a given time. The assessment of the position is part of the physical examination. Recent studies have shown that photometry can be a reliable method to assess posture. The measurement of angles can identify situations as the forward position of the head and shoulder protraction.

The aim of this study is to assess the position of the shoulder, using photometry by the measurement of angle between acromion process and seventh cervical vertebra, and the relationship with the presence of pain in volleyball players.

For this study will be recruited thirty nine volleyball players. The variables measured are pain sensation registered with a visual analog scale and the position of acromion process measurement with photometry

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* over 16 years old
* minimum of 3 days per week of training
* with or without shoulder pain

Exclusion Criteria:

* less than 1 year practicing volleyball

Primary outcomes:
measure: Photometry to measure shoulder position
timeFrame: Once, at baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual analog scale to measure pain levels
timeFrame: Once, at baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: CEU Cardenal Herrera University
name: F Javier Montañez-Aguilera, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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