Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences Among Turkish Adolescents and Adults Handball Players

NCT04086303 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 520
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in physical and physiological characteristics according to sports age in adolescent and adult male team handball (TH) players. Adolescent (N.=19, aged 18.1±1.4 yr) and adult (N.=23, 28.6±5.7 yr) players were examined for anthropometric characteristics, somatotype and body composition, and performed the physical working capacity test, a force-velocity test, the lateral scapular slide test (LSST), shark skill test, Davies test, squat jump (SJ), countermovement vertical jump without (CMJ).

Conditions

Athletic Performance; Physical Fitness; Handball Players; Cross-sectional Studies

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Testing for LSST

  To maintain a consistent posture during the various test positions, participants were instructed to fix their eyes on an object in the examination area. For test position 1 of the LSST, participants were instructed to keep their upper extremities relaxed at their sides. The assessor obtained and confirmed the test position and then identified through palpation and marked the inferior aspect of the inferior angle of the scapula and the closest spinous process in the same horizontal plane.

  30 minutes

• Upper extremity Test (Davies test)

  Place 2 pieces of tape on the floor 90 cm apart, in a push up position with one hand on each tape. Have the client touch the other hand and alternate for 15 seconds. Repeat 3 times.

  30 minutes

• Y Balance Test

  The athlete should be wearing lightweight clothing and remove their footwear. After doing so, they are the required to stand on centre platform, behind the red line, and await further instruction.

  15 minutes

• Sit and Reach Test

  The test evaluates flexibility. Subjects are seated with their legs joined and outstretched. The soles of their feet are supported in a standardised wood box (Well Box). Through inflection of their trunks, the subjects reach (with their ring fingers, arms joined and hands superposed) as far as they can toward/upon the box; they perform this reaching movement 2 times, and the maximal distance is recorded. The accuracy of this measurement in the present study is to within 0.1 cm.

  10 minutes

Study Arms (2)

young handball players

EXPERIMENTAL

The first group was named young players (n = 19; age = 18.05 ± 2.58 years, body mass index = 22.0 ± 2.21 kg, sport participation ≤ 10 years)

Other: LSST test

adult handball players

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The second group was named old players (n =23; age = 28,91 ± 3.39 years, body mass index = 22.20 ± 2.75 kg, sport participation ≥ 11 years).

Other: LSST test

Interventions

LSST test OTHER

LSST test: Scapular mobility testing Upper Extremity test: Upper extremity agility and endurance testing Y Balance test: Balance and Coordination testing Sit and Reach Test: Assessment of flexibility

Also known as: upper extremity test, Y Balance test, Sit and reach test

adult handball players; young handball players

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 36 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: having only male handball players
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• to be volunteer for including the study
• to be ready mentally

You may not qualify if:

• Specifically, injury included shoulder pain in active abduction or external rotation for more than 3 months, a reason to suspect a complete rotator cuff tear (eg, substantial shoulder weakness), a positive drop-arm sign or previous fracture, or a high-riding humerus observed on plain radiographs.
• Systemic pathologic conditions included inflammatory joint disease, complex regional pain syndrome, and shoulder pain referred from vertebral structures that was diagnosed via spinal clearing tests.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Guven Health Group: lead

Study Sites (1)

Guven Health Group

Ankara, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stilbenes; Benzylidene Compounds; Benzene Derivatives; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Hydrocarbons; Organic Chemicals; Isothiocyanates; Isocyanates; Sulfur Compounds

Study Officials

• Yesim Sardan Cetinkaya, MD

  Guven Health Group

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PROFESSOR, PT.PH.D.

Model Details: young handball players ≥10 years sport age adult handball players ≤10 years sport age

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2019
• First Posted: September 11, 2019
• Study Start: September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2019
• Study Completion: September 30, 2020
• Last Updated: February 4, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Locations

TU (1)