Effects of a Therapeutic Exercise Program for Injuries Prevention in Wheelchair Basketball (WB) Players

Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Athletic Injuries

Shoulder Injury

Treatments

Behavioral: Exercise group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02842008

UPMadrid

Details and patient eligibility

About

Shoulder pain is the most common symptom of physical dysfunction in wheelchair basketball players. About the 85% of this population had shoulder pain in some moment of their life. Some studies suggest that exercise is an important tool as an element to treat and prevent shoulder injuries. For that reason, an intervention program would be a useful tool for prevent shoulder injuries in this population.

The purpose of this study is determine the effects of therapeutic exercise program wheelchair basketball players, in order to prevent shoulder injuries.

Full description

The hypothesis of the study was that the exercise program was effective to prevent shoulder injuries in this population.

Enrollment

36 patients

Sex

All

Ages

15 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Study Population 36 wheelchair basketball players belonging to the male and female preselection Spanish wheelchair basketball national team were recruiting during a campus. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were chosen to include a specific population.

Inclusion Criteria:

Players belonging to the male and female preselection Spanish wheelchair basketball national team.
Have the federal license at the Spanish Sport Federation for People with Physical Disabilities available at the time of the study (2015-2016 season).
For players using wheelchair for daily activities, to use the manual wheelchair at least for 3 hours a day and 6 hours of wheelchair basketball training per week.
For players not using wheelchair for daily activities, to use the manual wheelchair at least for 6 hours of wheelchair basketball training per week.
Use wheelchair at least one year before the study and at least one year of experience in the sport competition.
Acceptance of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

History of acute injuries in the post-surgical process or dislocation along the year before the study. These conditions may affect the effective of the exercise intervention.
Differential diagnosis as acute injuries at cervical region and recent traumatic injury in shoulder one year before the study. The exercise program may not be appropriate for these conditions.