A Static Passive Stretching on Glenohumeral Rotation Range of Movement in Elite Swimmers

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Injury

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03405844

SETRADE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Shoulder injury is a common problem of overhead athletes, as swimmers. It's reported a reduction of side-to-side glenohumeral rotation from 11 to 18 degrees can increase 1.9 points the injury risk, because an alteration in biomechanics can turn lead to clinical findings of impingement and labral pathology. Posterior deltoid is a main muscle for propulsion in swimming stroke. To our knowledge, it isn't known how a posterior deltoid static passive stretch could reduce glenohumeral rotation restriction after swimming competition.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elite swimmers

Exclusion criteria

• shoulder surgery
• dislocation