Functional Performance Assessments in Overhead Athletes With Shoulder Injury

NCT ID: NCT03661944

Last Updated: 2020-03-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 38 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-09-25
• Study Completion Date: 2020-01-31

Brief Summary

Background & Purpose: Shoulder injuries are commonly seen in overhead athletes due to the mechanism of the repetitive and high velocity movement. While the injury usually cost the lost of time in playing, making the decision of the time to return to play (RTP) is a critical issue that should be standardized and objective. However, current studies showed that the decision making of RTP is so complicated that there's lack of objective measurements especially for upper extremity injuries. So, investigating the usage of convenient and valid tools, functional performance assessments for assessing the ability to RTP is the main objective of this study.

Objective: There are 2 objectives for this study: (1) to investigate the difference between RTP group and non-RTP in overhead athletes with shoulder injury; (2) to investigate the responsiveness of the functional performance assessment in return to play for overhead athletes with shoulder injury. Methods: Overhead athletes with shoulder injury or surgery which leads to temporary leaving to the sport within will be recruited in this study. The shoulder joint range of motion (flexion, extension, external/internal rotation, and abduction), shoulder muscle strength (flexors, abductors and external/internal rotators), patient-reported outcome (KJOC and DASH questionnaire) and functional performance assessments (FMS, YBT-UQ, CKCUEST, USSP and TPUT) will be assessed at 6 months after the athlete was injured or received surgery, and at the time point if the athletes successfully complete at least one formal game or practice game (RTP group). If the athlete doesn't return within 12 months after injury or surgery, the assess will be done at the 12th month after injury or surgery. Significance and Contribution: This study is going to provide an objective measurement value of functional performance assessment in injured overhead athletes, determining whether the strength, endurance or power of the upper extremity is good enough to return to the sport that the athlete played before this injury. The result is also expected to have significant contribution in the area of sports medicine in return to play especially in overhead athletes, which has limited evidence providing specific criteria and objective measurement value previously.

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy; Rehabilitation

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Symptomatic group

There is no intervention in this group, only functional assessments and general physical examinations will be done

functional performance test

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Functional performance test is to test the ability of the athletes in functional movements

Healthy control group

There is no intervention in this group, only functional assessments and general physical examinations will be done

functional performance test

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Functional performance test is to test the ability of the athletes in functional movements

Interventions

functional performance test

Functional performance test is to test the ability of the athletes in functional movements

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• overhead athletes diagnosed with shoulder injury within 6 months and can't play the current sports
• accepting the routine rehabilitation
• have the intention to go back to current sports

Exclusion Criteria

• Other severe orthopedic injuries in upper extremity, lower extremity and spine within 1 year
• has no intention to return to play

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yuan-Hung Chao

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institution of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University

Locations

Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

201807118RINB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id