Shoulder Endurance Test: Normative Values in a Population of Female Handball Players Aged 14 to 18 in Intensive Training Structures. (SET-HANDBALL)

Shoulder Endurance Test : Valeurs Normatives Chez Une Population De Handballeuses De 14 À 18 Ans En Structures Intensives D'entrainement. SET-HANDBALL

57% of young female handball players experience shoulder pain. This pain is likely to affect training and performance, but most players continue to play despite it. Endurance of the shoulder lateral rotators is a risk factor for sports such as handball. A protocol for applying the Shoulder Endurance Test (SET) to assess the endurance of the lateral rotators of the shoulder has been proposed, but the authors stress the need for further research to validate this test in different sports and for different populations.

The purpose of the study was to determine normative values for the Shoulder Endurance Test in female handball players aged 14 to 18 in intensive training facilities.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Healthy Subjects 14 to 18 Years Old
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Shoulder Endurance Test

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: LE ROY Marc; Phone Number: 0298017916; Email: marc.leroy1@univ-brest.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Brest, France, 29200
    • CHU de Brest
    • Contact: LE ROY Marc; Phone Number: 02 98 01 79 16; Email: marc.leroy1@univ-brest.fr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Girls aged 14 to 18 playing handball Handballers training at the Pôle Espoirs or the Centre Labellisé d'Entrainement 29 Players of legal age who have given their consent Signature of consent by parents for underage players

Exclusion Criteria:

Refusal of the minor to take part, even if the legal representatives want the player to take part in the study Refusal to perform the test

Pain preventing the test from being performed

All musculoskeletal conditions affecting the upper limb less than 6 months old.

Shoulder and cervical spine surgery less than 6 months old.

All musculoskeletal conditions affecting the cervical spine less than 6 months old.

Player under legal protection (guardianship/trusteeship) or deprived of liberty

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention; All subjects will perform the same tests.	Diagnostic test: Shoulder Endurance Test; Each patient receive the same intervention, the Shoulder Endurance Test (SET). The Shoulder Endurance Test assesses the endurance of the shoulder muscles in an open kinetic chain.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
To determine normative values for the Shoulder Endurance Test in female handball players aged 14 to 18.	Day 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessing intra-examiner reliability	Evaluate intra-examiner reliability: on site SET score versus SET score on video analysis (carried out 2 months after the face-to-face test).	two months after the test
Assessing inter-examiner reliability	Evaluate inter-examiner reliability: SET score for operator 1 versus operator 2 based on analysis of videos	two months after the test
Determine the SET score on the non-dominant arm		Day 1
Evaluate the effort perceived during the test	Borg scale after SET	Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Shoulder Endurance Test
• Other Study ID Numbers: 29BRC23.0027

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No