Is There a Relationship Between the Risk of Injury and Posture in Wrestlers?

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wrestling; Posture; Sport Injury; Risk Reduction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04589780

2018-38/364

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to investigate the relationship between the risk of injury and posture in wrestlers. The study will be included male wrestlers. The spine posture and flexibility of the athletes will be measured during standing position with the Idiag M360® brand Spinal Mouse (SM), while the overall body posture will be measured from the anterior and lateral sides using the New York Posture Analysis Method (NYPAM). Injury risks of the athletes will be evaluated by Functional Movement Screen (FMS) which was consisting of seven basic movement patterns.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 18 and 40
• To be a professional wrestler who won medals in the Turkey championships

Exclusion criteria

• had injury for in the last 6 months
• had a history of surgery, or chronic and progressive disease
• had any orthopaedic or neurological problems

Trial design

68 participants in 3 patient groups

Posture Assessment

Description:

Posture will be assessed with New York Posture Rating Chart (NYPR) originally published in 1958

Sagittal spinal alignment and mobility

Description:

Sagittal spinal alignment and mobility will be measured using the Spinal Mouse (IdiagAG Mülistrasse 18 CH-8320 Fehraltorf, Switzerland), a computer-aided, non-invasive device.

Injury risk assessment

Description:

Injury risk will be evaluated with Functional Movement Screen (FMS) test battery. A previous systematic review has demonstrated acceptable reliability for the FMS