Status:
COMPLETED
Changes in Shoulder Kinematics Following an Isokinetic Fatigue Protocol in Tennis Players
Lead Sponsor:
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fu Jen Catholic University
Conditions:
Fatigue
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-45 years
Brief Summary
A typical tennis match can take 1 to 5 hours. Tennis serve can be divided into eight stages and three phases. Injuries usually happen in the cocking stage and acceleration phase of the serve, where it...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy tennis players
- Age ranges from 20-45 years old
- Engaging in tennis for at least 1 year
- Routine training 3 times a week
- No history of cervical and/or shoulder injury in the past one year, or injury with VAS (visual analog pain scale) lower than 3 and without cervical-shoulder pain 7 days before testing
- No operation on the shoulder, no shoulder subluxation, labral tear, and rotator cuff tear.
- Neer's test, empty can test, and Hawkins Kennedy test are negative.
Exclusion
- History of cervical and/or shoulder injury in the past one year, or injury with VAS (visual analog pain scale) bigger than 3 and with cervical-shoulder pain 7 days before testing
- Operation on the shoulder, history of shoulder subluxation, labral tear, and rotator cuff tear.
- One of the three test results is positive: Neer's test, empty can test, and Hawkins Kennedy test.
- Perform upper extremity resist training and tennis training 24 hours before testing.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 10 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 5 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
26 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04900922
Start Date
November 10 2021
End Date
March 5 2022
Last Update
September 6 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Fu Jen catholic University
New Taipei City, Taiwan, 242062