Effects of a Therapeutic Exercise Program for Injuries Prevention in Wheelchair Basketball (WB) Players

NCT ID: NCT02842008

Last Updated: 2017-11-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2017-08-31

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.

Conditions

Athletic Injuries; Shoulder Pain; Shoulder Injury

Keywords

Exercise Therapy; Shoulder pain; Shoulder injuries; Shoulder function; Prevention; Wheelchair users

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Exercise group

Wheelchair basketball players participating in home therapeutic exercise program that use the protocol of postural hygiene.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise group

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This group will receive a home exercise program of shoulder based on mobility, strength and strengthening exercises, lasting 10 weeks, 3 times per weeks. The target dose use for mobility consisted in 8 repetitions for each 4 movements, for strengthening using resistive bands, 3 sets (including 5 exercises) of 10 repetitions with a 45 second rest between sets and 5 repetitions for each 5 strength with a 30 second rest and general protocol of postural hygiene. The instructional of the program is 30 minutes each day during the time of the study (10 weeks) with a screening about the exercise program and the daily activities performed every 4 weeks. Physiotherapist provided support to subjects through email along 10 weeks.

Control group

Wheelchair basketball players that not participate in home therapeutic exercise program and use a protocol of postural hygiene provided.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exercise group

This group will receive a home exercise program of shoulder based on mobility, strength and strengthening exercises, lasting 10 weeks, 3 times per weeks. The target dose use for mobility consisted in 8 repetitions for each 4 movements, for strengthening using resistive bands, 3 sets (including 5 exercises) of 10 repetitions with a 45 second rest between sets and 5 repetitions for each 5 strength with a 30 second rest and general protocol of postural hygiene. The instructional of the program is 30 minutes each day during the time of the study (10 weeks) with a screening about the exercise program and the daily activities performed every 4 weeks. Physiotherapist provided support to subjects through email along 10 weeks.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Saleky García Gómez

PT PhD student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Javier Pérez Tejero, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Locations

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Madrid, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

UPMadrid

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id