Effectiveness of an 8-week Posterior Shoulder Stretching Program on Varsity-level Overhead Athletes

University of Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athlete's Shoulder

Treatments: Other: Sleeper Stretch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01749553

GO18000461 (Other Identifier)

Pro00011276

Details and patient eligibility

About

To Determine whether an eight-week posterior shoulder stretch was effective in increasing dominant arm internal rotation(IR) and horizontal adduction (HAd) range of motion (ROM) in a group of overhead athletes identified as having tightness of their posterior shoulder structures.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• varsity level athletes involved in volleyball, tennis and swimming with internal rotation deficit of greater than or equal to 15 degrees

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgical procedure or fracture of either shoulder or presently receiving treatment for condition affecting either shoulder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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37 participants in 2 patient groups

sleeper stretch

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Sleeper Stretch

no intervention

No Intervention group