Functional and Morphological Characteristics of Neck Muscles in Acrobatic Skydivers

Universidad de Murcia

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Neck Muscle Issue; Sternocleidomastoid; Contracture; Deltoid Muscle Strain

Treatments: Behavioral: Observation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04784195

CE102001

Details and patient eligibility

About

An observational cohort study, following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology(STROBE) guidelines.

Two groups will be examined, a group composed by spanish acrobatic skydivers and a control group composed by general physically active population(GPAP).

Full description

Two groups will be examined for veryfing the morfology and the function of neck muscles.

The profesional group composed by spanish acrobatic skydivers and a general group composed by general physically active population(GPAP). Both groups are matched at known confounder outcomes such as: physical activity level, age, sex, body weight and history of neck pain. Frequency matching will be carried out, subjects will be matched on known confounders.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pain-free in the neck area in the last three months
• didn't actually take any drugs that can interfere with muscle strength

Exclusion criteria

• participants that not mached with the skydivers caracteristics

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Profesional acrobatics

Description:

Profesional Acrobatic Skyedivers as the cort group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Observation

General active participations

Description:

Adults with meched caracteristics with the profesional acrobatics