Application of Elbow Manipulation in Archers (Manual Therapy)

Medical University of Gdansk

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Health

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06826300

KB/519/2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to: (i) assess the impact of maximal muscle strength and stiffness on EMG and Myoton parameters for selected upper limb muscles; and (ii) assess how manipulation of the initial 2-s tension phase, in particular involving muscle stretching, affects these EMG and Myoton parameters during karting training.

Full description

EMG and Myoton measurements will be performed on selected muscles of the shoulder joint and forearm during karting drivers' training, initially at the beginning, after the athletes perform their first 8-minute run, after manipulation and after another 8-minute run.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy persons aged 18,
• A license to drive a kart,
• A competitor who regularly competes in the league,
• Expressing informed consent to participate in the study and undertakes to comply with the regulations on the track and wear a helmet.

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of volunteer consent,
• Previous upper, lower limb and spine surgeries,
• Other upper limb injuries in the last 6 months,
• Pain limiting participation in the study,
• Neurological diseases,
• Connective tissue diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Assessment of the impact of acute manipulation effects on the strength and stiffness of selected mus

Experimental group

Description:

This technique involves a low-amplitude, high-velocity push on the shoulder and elbow joints with an additional two-second tension

Treatment:

Other: Manual therapy

Other: Placebo