Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Shoulder Active Range of Motion of Senior Male Handball Athletes

University Fernando Pessoa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: cupping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06226961

FISIO-3-29072019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to to verify the immediate effects of dynamic cupping on shoulder active range of motion (AROM) of senior male handball athletes.

Full description

After completing the questionnaire, 80 senior male handball athletes will be randomly divided into two designated groups, Intervention Group (IG; n = 40) (dynamic cupping therapy) and Control Group (CG; n = 40) (no intervention).

Shoulder AROM (flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, horizontal adduction, horizontal abduction, internal rotation and external rotation movements) will be assessed in both control and intervention groups before (M0) and after (M1) intervention.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy senior handball athletes in competition with at least three training sessions per week.

Exclusion criteria

• history of injury, fracture or surgical intervention in the upper limb in the last six months before the study;
• vestibular, neurological or cardiorespiratory diseases;
• reported pain in the upper limb or spine
• presence of contraindication for cupping (deep venous thrombosis, with active infection or open wound.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

For the dynamic cupping protocol, the participants will be instructed to remain seated on the massage table with their feet supported, and the technique will applied to the entire shoulder (anterior, lateral and posterior face) and surrounding muscles (upper trapezius and pectoralis major). The cupping will be performed using a plastic cupping cup (5,08 cm in diameter) (K.S. Choi Corp®) and a pistol grip hand pump (K.S. Choi Corp®). The dynamic cupping will be performed for ten minutes, at a slow pace, and consists of applying a small amount of massage cream (ATL®) over the entire shoulder (to obtain the ideal sliding surface for cupping application), insufflation of the suction cup, with two pumps, and sliding it in the direction of the muscle fibers around the shoulder and also in the transversal direction.

Treatment:

Device: cupping

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the CG group will remain at rest, sitting on the massage table for 10 minutes.