Comparing Shoulder Stretching and Percussive Massage on Shoulder Rotation and Attack Speed in Female Volleyball Players

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Behavioral: The Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching; Device: The Percussive Massage Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06304402

7978-GOA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the acute effects of PNF modified sleeper stretches and percussive massage treatment on shoulder rotation movements and attack speed in female volleyball players and compare these applications.

Full description

56 female volleyball players will randomized into 2 groups of 28 people each. In the evaluations conducted on the participants, rotational normal joint movements of the athletes will be measured using a digital inclinometer. The spike velocities of the athletes will be determined using a sports radar (Sports Radar 3300, Sports Electronics Inc, Washington, D.C. USA.). Participants will be randomly divided into two different groups consisting of 28 individuals each. The Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Group (PNFG) participants will undergo one session of PNF posterior shoulder stretching exercise in the modified sleeper position. The Percussive Massage Treatment Group (PMTG) participants will receive a 5-minute massage on the posterior deltoid area. Evaluations will be repeated three times before the applications, immediately after, and 30 minutes post-application and the effects of different applications will be compared through analysis.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 14 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a volleyball player
• Age between 14 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of shoulder pain
• History of fracture and surgery in the shoulder girdle
• Presence of systemic musculoskeletal disease
• Presence of glenohumeral instability (Positive apprehension, relocation, or subluxation test)
• Pain in the cervical region with upper extremity movements
• Experiencing shoulder problems requiring medical treatment within the last year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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56 participants in 2 patient groups

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching

Experimental group

Description:

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching Group participants will undergo one session of PNF posterior shoulder stretching exercise in the modified sleeper position.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching

The Percussive Massage Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

The Percussive Massage Treatment Group participants will receive a 5-minute massage on the posterior deltoid area.

Treatment:

Device: The Percussive Massage Treatment