NCT06747104

Application of Manual Therapy to Archers

Assessment of Upper Limb Muscle Activity and the Effect of Manual Therapy on Fatigue, Stiffness and Muscle Activity During Training

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Gdansk · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to: (i) characterize the effect of repeated archery shots on the EMG parameters of certain selected upper limb muscles; and (ii) evaluate how manipulation of the initial two-second tension phase, in particular involving muscle stretching, affects these EMG parameters after repeated shots.

Detailed description

EMG measurements will be collected for selected muscles in the shoulder joint and forearm, at points: initially at the beginning, after the athletes have performed 50 and another 50 archery shots, and finally after undergoing manual therapy. The main phase of muscle testing will take place in the Aiming phase.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual therapy	This technique involves a low-amplitude, high-velocity push on the shoulder and elbow joints with an additional two-second tension
OTHER	Placebo	Performing manipulations without a two-second preliminary tension of the joint capsule in the shoulder and elbow joints.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-10
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-12-24
• Last updated: 2024-12-24