NCT06909864

Competitive Swimming and Shoulder Adaptations: The Role of Stroke Specialty in Adolescent Swimmers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objectives: To examine the sport-specific adaptations and investigate the effect of swimming stroke specialization in shoulder complex among adolescent competitive swimmers. Design: Observational study. Setting: Athletic facilities. Participants: A total of 76 adolescents participated including n = 28 non-swimmers as Control Group (CG) and n = 48 competitive swimmers as Swimmers Group (SWG). Main Outcome Measures: Strength of glenohumeral (GH) and scapular muscles (SM), mobility of GH (GH ROMs) joint, proprioception, pectoralis minor length (PML), posterior shoulder tightness (PST) were evaluated for all participants. Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Score (KJOC) was sed to evaluate for SWG. The tested shoulder physical performance parameters were compared between the groups.

Conditions

• Swimming
• Shoulder
• Adolescent

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-16
• Primary completion: 2021-09-10
• Completion: 2021-10-16
• First posted: 2025-04-04
• Last updated: 2025-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)