Neural Mobilization After Upper Extremity Fatigue in Amateur Athletes
Acute Effects of Neural Mobilization After Physical Fatigue on Upper Extremity Performance and Hand-Eye Coordination in Amateur Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Descripción general del estudio
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Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Intervención / Tratamiento
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Tipo de estudio
Inscripción (Actual)
Inscripción
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Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Antakya
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Hatay, Antakya, Turquía (Türkiye)
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal University
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged between 18 and 25 years
- Amateur athlete participating in a sport requiring active use of the upper extremity, such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, or table tennis
- Able to understand and perform the fatigue protocol, recovery intervention, and outcome assessments
- Volunteered to participate and provided written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current upper extremity, cervical, or trunk pain or injury that could affect test performance
- History of upper extremity surgery, fracture, or major musculoskeletal trauma that could limit participation
- Neurological, vestibular, or systemic condition affecting upper extremity function, balance, coordination, or exercise tolerance
- Any cardiovascular, respiratory, or medical condition contraindicating participation in fatiguing upper extremity exercise
- Inability to complete the fatigue protocol or outcome assessments safely
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Otro
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
Número de brazos
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: Neural Mobilization
Participants assigned to this arm received upper extremity neural mobilization after completion of the standardized upper extremity fatigue protocol.
Neural mobilization techniques targeted the median, radial, and ulnar nerves and were applied during the recovery period before post-intervention outcome assessment.
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Upper extremity neural mobilization was applied after the standardized fatigue protocol.
The intervention targeted the median, radial, and ulnar nerves using non-painful mobilization techniques.
Each technique was performed for 2 sets of 20 repetitions, with each repetition lasting approximately 1 to 3 seconds
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Experimental: Dynamic Stretching
Participants assigned to this arm performed a structured dynamic stretching protocol after completion of the standardized upper extremity fatigue protocol.
The protocol included dynamic upper and lower body movements performed during the recovery period before post-intervention outcome assessment.
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A structured dynamic stretching protocol was performed after the standardized fatigue protocol.
The protocol lasted approximately 10 minutes and included dynamic upper extremity and whole-body movements such as arm swings, arm crossovers, walking lunges with trunk rotation, lateral shuffling, heel kicks, inchworms, and modified shuttle movements.
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Sin intervención: Control
Participants assigned to this control arm rested passively after completion of the standardized upper extremity fatigue protocol.
No active recovery intervention was administered during the recovery period before post-intervention outcome assessment.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
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Alternate Hand Wall Toss Test
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Hand-eye coordination was assessed using the Alternate Hand Wall Toss Test.
Participants stood 2 meters from a wall and repeatedly threw a ball against the wall, catching it with the opposite hand.
The number of successful catches completed within 30 seconds was recorded.
Higher scores indicate better hand-eye coordination performance.
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Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Upper Quarter Y Balance Test
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Upper quarter dynamic balance was assessed using the Upper Quarter Y Balance Test.
Participants maintained a push-up position and reached with the free hand in the medial, superolateral, and inferolateral directions.
Reach distances were recorded and used to calculate a composite score normalized to upper limb length.
Higher scores indicate better upper quarter dynamic balance performance.
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Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
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Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Upper extremity functional performance was assessed using the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test.
Participants performed alternating hand touches across two marked lines while maintaining a push-up position.
The number of touches completed within 15 seconds was recorded.
Higher scores indicate better upper extremity functional performance.
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Baseline, immediately after the fatigue protocol, and after the 15-minute recovery period
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
Publicaciones Generales
- Kim MK, Cha HG, Ji SG. The initial effects of an upper extremity neural mobilization technique on muscle fatigue and pressure pain threshold of healthy adults: a randomized control trial. J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 Mar;28(3):743-6. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.743. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
- Hodgetts CJ, McLeish T, Thomas E, Walker BF. Association Between Chiropractic Students' Hand-Eye Coordination or General Self-efficacy and Their Performance on a Spinal Manipulative Therapy Examination: A Cross-sectional Study. J Chiropr Med. 2021 Dec;20(4):183-190. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2021.12.011. Epub 2022 Apr 6.
- Dupuis F, Sole G, Mercier C, Roy JS. Impact of fatigue at the shoulder on the contralateral upper limb kinematics and performance. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 1;17(4):e0266370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266370. eCollection 2022.
Fechas de registro del estudio
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
Inicio del estudio
Finalización primaria (Actual)
Finalización primaria
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Enviado por primera vez
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
Publicado por primera vez
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
Última actualización publicada
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última verificación
Última verificación
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
- Actividad motora
- Movimiento
- Fenómenos fisiológicos musculoesqueléticos
- Fenómenos fisiológicos musculoesqueléticos y neuronales
- Terapéutica
- Modalidades de fisioterapia
- Atención al paciente
- Terapia de ejercicio
- Rehabilitación
- Cuidado por los convalecientes
- Continuidad de la atención al paciente
- Ejercicio
- Ejercicios de estiramiento muscular
Otros números de identificación del estudio
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 2025/16-42
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