Focusing the Shoulder or Considering the Whole-Body in Volleyball Physiotherapy (FocusVolley)

University of Trieste

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Volleyball Players

Treatments: Other: Focus shoulder physiotherapy; Other: Total body physiotherapy; Other: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07072091

DSM_Fisio_SpallaPallavolo25

Details and patient eligibility

About

Shoulder pain can be common in overhead sports, and in particular, in volleyball. Different physiotherapy protocols can be adopted depending on the suspected pathophysiological mechanisms. Despite most of the protocols rely only on the shoulder district, some research suggests that treating the whole-body might produce better results as it could influence kinematic chains and correct muscle imbalances. The aim of this study will be to compare the effects of two physiotherapy protocols (shoulder focus or whole body) compared to only education without physiotherapy.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• practicing volleyball for at least 5 years with a training volume of minimum 5 h/wk

Exclusion criteria

• history of previous surgical intervention or fractures on the shoulder or spine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 4 patient groups

Healthy controls

No Intervention group

Description:

A convenience sample of healthy volleyball players for cross-sectional comparison

Total body physiotherapy group

Experimental group

Description:

Physiotherapy intervention consisting in whole body exercise and treatment

Treatment:

Other: Total body physiotherapy

Focus shoulder group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy intervention consisting in shoulder exercise and treatment

Treatment:

Other: Focus shoulder physiotherapy

No physiotherapy group

Other group

Description:

No physiotherapy, only education

Treatment:

Other: Education