Bent-arm Throw and Tennis Performance

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tennis Serve Performance

Treatments: Other: Bent-arm throw exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05146141

Bent-arm throw in tennis

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to explore the relaitonship betwenn bent-arm throw and tennis serve performance.

Young players (9-12 years) will be assessed at the beginning of the season and at mid-season to measure the accuracy, the speed and the gesture of tennis serve. During a mid-season, they will have to perform a bent-arm throw warm-up program 5 minutes before each training session to increase their ability to throw.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 9 and 12
• playing tennis at least 2 times a week

Exclusion criteria

• history of shoulder injury or shoulder pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will have to perform a bent-arm throw program 5 minutes before each training session

Treatment:

Other: Bent-arm throw exercises

Control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

No intervention. They will perform their usual warm-up.

Treatment:

Other: Bent-arm throw exercises