Application of Manual Therapy to Archers

Medical University of Gdansk

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Other: Manual therapy

Other: Placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06747104

KB/750/2023-2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to: (i) characterize the effect of repeated archery shots on the EMG parameters of certain selected upper limb muscles; and (ii) evaluate how manipulation of the initial two-second tension phase, in particular involving muscle stretching, affects these EMG parameters after repeated shots.

Full description

EMG measurements will be collected for selected muscles in the shoulder joint and forearm, at points: initially at the beginning, after the athletes have performed 50 and another 50 archery shots, and finally after undergoing manual therapy. The main phase of muscle testing will take place in the Aiming phase.

Enrollment

50 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Actively training as an archer at least twice a week for six months;
In good health, with no recent injury or illness;
Over 18 years of age;
Engagement in all phases of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Any injury or illness present at the time of the study;
Recent history (within six months) of upper extremity injury (shoulder, elbow, or wrist), joint pain, lower extremity joint hypermobility, or neurological/connective tissue disease.
No training participation
No consent for study