Status:

COMPLETED

Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences Among Turkish Adolescents and Adults Handball Players

Lead Sponsor:

Guven Health Group

Conditions:

Athletic Performance

Physical Fitness

Eligibility:

MALE

16-36 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in physical and physiological characteristics according to sports age in adolescent and adult male team handball (TH) players. Adolescent (N.=19,...

Detailed Description

The stability of the scapula in relation to the entire moving upper extremity is the key in the throwing sequence. The importance of scapular positioning in handball players has been well documented i...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria were the ability to actively perform pain-free abduction from 0° to 45° and from 0° to 90° in elbow extension and age greater than 15 years.
  • to be volunteer for including the study
  • to be ready mentally

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria were shoulder injury, shoulder surgery in the 2 years before the study, systemic pathologic condition, or intervention in the 3 months before the study, including corticosteroid or hydrodilatation injection or physiotherapy.
  • Specifically, injury included shoulder pain in active abduction or external rotation for more than 3 months, a reason to suspect a complete rotator cuff tear (eg, substantial shoulder weakness), a positive drop-arm sign or previous fracture, or a high-riding humerus observed on plain radiographs.
  • Systemic pathologic conditions included inflammatory joint disease, complex regional pain syndrome, and shoulder pain referred from vertebral structures that was diagnosed via spinal clearing tests.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04086303

Start Date

September 1 2019

End Date

September 30 2020

Last Update

February 4 2021

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Guven Health Group

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06500