Clinical trial NCT04202744: Are Alterations in Shoulder Rotations and Core Stability Effective for Water Polo Shoulder Problems?
Official title: Are Alterations in Shoulder Rotations and Core Stability Effective for Water Polo Shoulder Problems?
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Shoulder Injuries
Sport Injury
Sports Physical Therapy
Lead sponsor: Yeditepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Yeditepe University Hospital
First posted: 2019-12-18
Enrollment: 82
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study is comprised of 82 male participants: 43 of them were Water Polo players and the remaining 39 participants served as controls (non-Water Polo players).

Brief summary: Hypothesis of the clinical study: There are differences between the Water Polo Group and the Non-Water Polo Group in terms of shoulder parameters and core (lumbopelvic) parameters and there are differences between the throwing and non-throwing sides in terms of shoulder parameters in Water Polo Group.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participating to the study in a voluntary basis.
* Participant in ages between 10-30 years of age.
* Parent permission for participants younger than 18
* Giving consent for older than 18

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a history of orthopaedic surgery in the shoulder girdle within the last 6 months
* Having a history of fracture within the shoulder girdle complex
* Having a shoulder problem within the last 6 months continuing more than 3 months
* Having a history of pathology in lumbar area within the last 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Shoulder Internal and External Rotation Range of Motion Measurement
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Posterior Shoulder Capsule Tightness
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Shoulder Strength Assessment
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Trunk Muscles Endurance Test - (McGill Trunk Endurance Test)
timeFrame: 15 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Shoulder Pectoralis Minor Muscle Length
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Sahrmann Core Stability Test
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Yeditepe University
Study officials:
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