Vibration Therapy in Wheelchair Basketball Players

NCT06403384 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KBU-FTR-MU-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 13
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

No study was found that investigated the effect of vibration therapy (VT) on recovery from exercise in WCB players. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the effects of wearable local vibration device on muscle soreness and athletic performance during recovery from exercise in the elbow area in WCB players.

Conditions

Wheelchair Users; Athletic Performance; Disability; Disabled Persons

Keywords

Athlete; Disabled persons; Exercise; Pain; Proprioception; Upper extremity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Muscle Soreness

  Muscle soreness was evaluated for both arms of the athletes with the "Numeric Pain Scale". This scale is horizontally scored between 0-10 (0 = no pain, 10 = unbearable pain).

  pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

• Shooting percentage

  The participants were asked to shoot 10 free throws in total from the free throw line with the wheelchair after a warmup. The percentage of successful throws was accepted as the shooting percentage value of the athletes (number of successful throws x 100 / total number of throws).

  pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

• 20-meter sprint test

  For the test, a 20-meter track was created on the basketball court floor, and 2 meters were added to the distance and marked so that the athletes would not slow down on the last meters. The time to complete the 20-meter track with the ready and start command of the participants was recorded with a stopwatch.

  pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

• Joint position sense

  Joint position sense was evaluated with the passive to active joint repositioning method using a digital inclinometer device. The participants sat with the elbow extended and eyes closed on their wheelchairs. The target angles were selected 30°, 60° and 90° of the elbow joint.

  pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

• Range of motion

  Both elbow joint extension/flexion angles were measured with a universal goniometer (baseline) with the arm in anatomical position on the wheelchair.

  pre-exercise (baseline), and 30 minutes and 24 hours post-exercise

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

no intervention was applied for the control group

Vibration

EXPERIMENTAL

Vibration was applied for the vibration group

Device: Vibration

Interventions

Vibration DEVICE

Local vibration was applied

Vibration

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a wheelchair basketball players

You may not qualify if:

• Having had an upper extremity operation within the last 6 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karabuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Karabuk U

Karabük, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Mert Uysal

  Karabuk University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2024
• First Posted: May 7, 2024
• Study Start: August 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2022
• Study Completion: August 1, 2022
• Last Updated: May 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)