The Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Pain, Muscle Strength, and Muscle Architecture in Tennis Players With Rotator Cuff Lesions

NCT06402162 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 5678525-050.0404/1202308
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to shed light on the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, which play a significant role in rotator sheath tendinopathy and tears. It includes isometric measurements of muscle thickness, fiber length, and pennation angles, as well as muscle strength, using ultrasound to evaluate the muscle architecture of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles in tennis players.

Conditions

Exercise; Muscle Weakness; Rotator Cuff Injuries

Keywords

muscle thickness; fiber length; pennation angle; pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• visual pain scale

  The primary objective was to see if we could help to decrease the pain intensity of the patients by 4 units in a 10-unit VPS assessment.

  8 week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• ultrasonographic examination

  8 week

Study Arms (1)

muscle architecture

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: exercise

Interventions

exercise OTHER

The study will include 40 tennis players diagnosed with rotator cuff lesions who meet the inclusion criteria. The 1st group will be randomly divided into 2 groups as control (n=20) and 2nd group as core exercise (n=20). Unlike the control group, core exercises will be added to the routine exercise program of tennis players once a day, 3 days a week for 8 weeks.

muscle architecture

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Acute trauma
• Tendinosis
• Bursitis chronic inflammation degeneration
• Grade 1-2 rupture
• Having unilateral shoulder pain
• At least two specific tests must be positive (Neer-hawkings-Lag sign-drop arm and supraspinatus isolation tests; painful shoulder internal and external rotation against resistance (IR and ER); painful arch during abduction)

You may not qualify if:

• An acute trauma
• History of surgery or a fracture in or near the shoulder and shoulder
• A neurological deficit
• intra-articular injections in the last six months
• Rheumatic disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ankara University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tennis Club

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Links

• Application of core exercises to tennis players
• core exercises to tennis players

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Muscle Weakness; Rotator Cuff Injuries; Pain

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms; Rupture; Wounds and Injuries; Shoulder Injuries; Tendon Injuries

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: haymana vocational high school physiotherapy

Model Details: The study will include 40 tennis players diagnosed with rotator sheath lesions who meet the inclusion criteria. Groups will be randomly divided into 2. The 1st group will be randomly divided into 2 groups as control (n=20) and 2nd group as core exercise (n=20). Unlike the control group, core exercises will be added to the routine exercise program of tennis players once a day, 3 days a week, for 8 weeks. In both groups, pain will be assessed by Visual Analog Scale (VAS), muscle strength by isokinetic dynamometer and supraspinatus muscle architecture by ultrasonography and dynamic tendon imaging.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 29, 2024
• First Posted: May 7, 2024
• Study Start: May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2023
• Study Completion: October 1, 2024
• Last Updated: October 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)