Clinical trial NCT02956135: Relationship Between Dysfunctions of Movement in the Lower Back and Pelvis With Overuse Injuries in Handball Players
Official title: Relationship Between Dysfunctions of Movement in the Lower Back and Pelvis With Overuse Injuries in Handball Players
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Dysfunction;Joint
Overuse Injury
Lead sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-11-06
Enrollment: 22
Sex: MALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Fertiberia Puerto de Sagunto Club handball players, from national first division of Spain

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between the presence of overuse injuries and failure to control of movement in those areas. For this, participants will perform some tests related to movement dysfunction lumbar-pelvic area to check for faults in one or more movement planes.

Detailed description: Handball is considered a high intensity sport even though the 70% of the time the game is standing or walking. The large number of repetitions of high intensity activities such as sprinting or jumping, associated with physical contact with opposing players, make this sport in a physically demanding activity. Furthermore, overuse injuries have been widely described but poorly quantified. In addition, is necessary to know the influence of static lumbar-pelvic position in low back pain and its correlation with stability. Not only strength is important for a good quality of movement, there should also be a specific muscle activation in order for a correct motor pattern. This coordinated action must be I just by the action of muscles agonists, antagonists and synergists.The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between the presence of overuse injuries and failure to control of movement in those areas. For this, participants will perform some tests related to movement dysfunction lumbar-pelvic area to check for faults in one or more movement planes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Players from the first team
* Without injury that does not allow movement tests

Exclusion Criteria:

* Spinal cord injury or tumor, myelopathy, neuropathy and spondylitis and spondylolisthesis in the lumbar spine.
* Tumors or major injuries in the knee or hip.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Control of lumbopelvic movement
timeFrame: Once, at baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pain sensation
timeFrame: Once, at baseline
measure: Epidemiological registry
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 2 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Moncada
country: Spain
facility: F Javier Montañez-Aguilera
state: Valencia
Study officials:
affiliation: CEU Cardenal Herrera University
name: F Javier Montañez-Aguilera, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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