Kabat Training Program With Elastic Bands for Shoulder in Amateur Swimmers

Kabat Training Program in Diagonal Pattern With Elastic Bands for Shoulder in Amateur Swimmers. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

It has been shown that 90% of swimmers experience shoulder pain at some point in their career. During the macrocycle, swimmers present significant alterations in the muscular balance between external and internal rotators of the shoulder: the IR assumes much prominence in strength levels and RE goes progressively weaker.

furthermore, all overhead athletes (such as swimmers) present a glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit and an increase in External Rotation.

The objective of this study is to propose an exercise with an elastic band aimed to strengthening the RE of the shoulder to analyze the effects on the muscular balance between IR and RE. In addition, the effect caused in the limitation of internal rotation is going to be studied

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: PNF training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Pedro Martínez, PhD; Phone Number: 0034676699762; Email: pedro.martinez@universidadeuropea.es
• Study Contact Backup: Name: José A Del Blanco, PhD; Phone Number: 0034654320693; Email: joseangel.delblanco@universidadeuropea.es

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Madrid
    • Villaviciosa De Odón, Madrid, Spain, 28670
      • Universidad Europea de Madrid
      • Contact: Pedro Martínez, PhD; Phone Number: +34676699762; Email: pedro.martinez@universidadeuropea.es
      • Contact: José A Del Blanco, PhD; Phone Number: +34654320693; Email: joseangel.delblanco@universidadeuropea.es

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers
• Swimmers minimum 2 times per week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute infection
• Shoulder pathology
• Neer and Hawkins-Kennedy test positive

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: PNF training; kabat training with elastic bands for 8 weeks 2 times a week before swimming training. 3 series of 10-15 repetitions will be performed	Other: PNF training; Resistance training with elastic bands in diagonals of PNF
No Intervention: Control group; swimming training 2 times a week

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change in ROM external rotation of the shoulder in degrees	Range of motion in external rotation of the shoulder in 90º of abduction measured with goniometry in degrees	Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
change in ROM internal rotation of the shoulder in degrees	Range of motion in internal rotation of the shoulder in 90º of abduction measured with goniometry in degrees	Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
change in external rotation isometric strength of the shoulder in newton	isometric strength in external rotation of the shoulder measured with pressure dynamometer in newton	Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
change in internal rotation isometric strength of the shoulder in newton	isometric strength in internal rotation of the shoulder measured with pressure dynamometer in newton	Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
change in scapular displacement in maximum flexion in centimeters	horizontal distance covered by the inferior angle of the scapula measured with PALM in centimeters	Change from Baseline at 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Europea de Madrid
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: José A Del Blanco, PhD, Universidad Europea de Madrid

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Resistance Training; Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation; Swimming
• Other Study ID Numbers: THERA2020

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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