Reliability of a Proprioception Test in Swimmers

Reliability of a Proprioception Teste in Swimmers Athletes

To evaluate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of a test of active shoulder proprioception with a laser pointer in swimming athletes and to describe the profile of the proprioception measures characterizing the sample according to the specialty within the sport and the category of the athletes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Athletes
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Shoulder reproduction teste assisted by laser pointer

Detailed Description

Introduction: Obtaining the reliability of an evaluative instrument is of paramount importance for its applicability in the field of clinical physiotherapy and in the sports field, providing consistent and real measures. Shoulder proprioception assessments have started to appear on the scientific scene in recent years and several tools, methods and protocols are being studied. However, the lack of standardization of protocols and application in different populations produces inconsistencies in the findings, thus hindering the use of these models. Thus, standardizing the application of the test and investigating a population different from what appears in the scientific scenario in relation to sports, such as swimming athletes, seems to be relevant and would contribute to the use of scientific evaluative models in the clinical environment. Objectives: To evaluate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of a test of active shoulder proprioception with a laser pointer in swimming athletes and to describe the profile of the proprioception measures characterizing the sample according to the specialty within the sport and the category of the athletes. Methods: Study of intra- and inter-rater reliability of the shoulder proprioception test with a laser pointer, composed of 48 young male and female swimming athletes, aged between 12 and 20 years. It will be carried out in three stages: (1) Familiarization, (2) Test and (3) Retest, all stages will take place on the same day, and stages 2 and 3 will be performed by two different evaluators. To characterize the sample, descriptive statistics will be used by means of central tendency and variability, for all variables collected. Relative reliability will be tested by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), with a 95% confidence interval. The ICC will be interpreted as values <0.5 indicate low reliability, between 0.5 and 0.75, moderate reliability, between 0.75 and 0.9, good reliability and values> 0.90 excellent reliability. And the absolute reliability will be verified by means of the standard error of the measurement (EPM), by values of minimum detectable change (MMD), and the coefficient of variation (CV).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 48
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • São Paulo
    • Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil, 19.060-900
      • University of Sao Paulo State

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 20 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female swimming athletes;
• Between 12 and 26 years old;
• Train regularly and be members of swimming teams in the 4th Region of the State of São Paulo, and athletes from the São Paulo Aquatic Federation (FAP),
• Reporting the absence of anemia, inflammatory process, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, episodes of muscle - tendon or osteoarticular injury in the lower, upper and / or spine members in the last three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Practice of sports for less than 1 year.
• Use anti-inflammatory and / or analgesic drugs for less than 24 hours before the test.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: Proprioception Test (TRMOPL); In the Familiarization stage (1), the TRMOPL was applied by means of a single evaluator with the aim of knowledge and understanding of the test. After five minutes, step (2) test started. In this step, the test was applied twice, by different evaluators, with an interval of five minutes between applications (inter-rater reliability). Ten minutes after the end of the tests, step (3) retest (intra-rater reliability) was started, following the same procedures as in step 2. The order of the evaluators was randomized through a draw in Excel, the order of randomization of the steps (2) and (3) was the same in order not to influence intra-rater reliability.

Other: Shoulder reproduction teste assisted by laser pointer; In the step (1) of Familiarization in which the SRTLP was applied through a single evaluator with the aim of knowledge and understanding of the test. After five minutes, step (2) test started. In this step, the test was applied twice, by different evaluators, with an interval of five minutes between applications (inter-rater reliability). Ten minutes after the end of the tests, step (3) retest (intra-rater reliability) was started, following the same procedures as in step 2. The order of the evaluators was randomized through a draw in Excel, the order of randomization of the steps (2) and (3) was the same in order not to influence intra-rater reliability

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Joint Position Sense	the movement reproduction test was applied by a laser pointer and the measurements presented were angular deviation in degrees.	One hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Shoulder Pain	Pain measurements were performed using a visual pain scale	5 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: São Paulo State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 3, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 16, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 16, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 4, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 6, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 6, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2021
• Last Verified: January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: FIS190111

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: Individual data will not be released, because particpants are under eighteen.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No