Prevention of Lateral Epicondylalgia in Handgun Olympic Shooting Athletes

NCT06494332 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NB01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 61
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Lateral epicondylalgia is one of the most common pathologies suffered by Olympic gun shooting athletes. In Spain, there is hardly any research carried out in this sport, so there are no injury prevention protocols available. Preventing these injuries would be fundamental to improve the performance of athletes and to be able to continue adding successes to national honors. It has also been evidenced that if exercise is combined with stretching, the benefits of physical therapy are increased. High-quality studies have stated that it is not necessary for this exercise protocol combined with stretching to be very prolonged over time, as they affirm that significant improvements can be achieved with only four weeks of exercise. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that Olympic handgun shooting athletes who perform a four-week multimodal exercise program combined with stretching have a lower risk of suffering from lateral epicondylalgia than athletes who do not perform this program, determining its effectiveness for pain prevention.

Conditions

Epicondylitis, Lateral

Keywords

Prevention; Epicaondylalgia; Exercise; Stretching

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pain - Algometer

  The algometer will be placed on the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and pressure will be applied until the athlete reported feeling pain. 3 measurements will be made on each upper limb and the average will be obtained.

  0 week, 4 week

• Pain - Visual Analogic Scale

  The patients will be shown the Visual Analogic Scale (VAS) scale (0-10) on a sheet of paper and will asked to write down how much pain they had in the lateral epicondyle of each upper limb.

  0 week, 4 week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Hand grip strength

  0 week, 4 week

• Range of movement

  0 week, 4 week

• Subjective perception

  0 week, 4 week

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

3 weekly sessions (12 sessions in total) of approximately 35 minutes each of exercise and stretching.

Other: Exercise and stretching programe

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention.

Interventions

Exercise and stretching programe OTHER

It consists in: a serie of mobility exercises, which were used as warp-up; the mobility of the elbow, forearm, wrist and fingers of both upper limbs was worked on; and, exercises were performed to strengthen the muscles of both forearms.

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 35 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adults aged \>35 years
• Present a risk of suffering from lateral epicondylalgia
• Be in possession of a federation Olympic shooting license
• Practice Olympic shooting with handgun and carry out at least one Olympic shooting training session a week or have participated in the last three months in an official competition

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects who had serious uncontrolled illnesses
• Who had undergone surgery as a treatment for lateral epicondylalgia
• Who had received treatment for lateral epicondylalgia in the last month or injections of corticosteroids or steroids for this pathology in the last 6 months
• Who had suffered a serious upper limb injury in the last year or present a risk of suffering epicondylalgia due to a cause other than Olympic shooting

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valencia: lead

Study Sites (1)

David Hernández Guillén

Valencia, 46010, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tennis Elbow; Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Elbow Tendinopathy; Tendinopathy; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Elbow Injuries; Arm Injuries; Wounds and Injuries; Tendon Injuries; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• David Hernández-Guillén, PT, PhD

  University of Valencia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Physiotherapy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2024
• First Posted: July 10, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2024
• Study Completion: September 30, 2024
• Last Updated: October 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Locations

ES (1)