Internal Rotation Deficit of the Glenohumeral Joint in Advanced-level Handball Players (NCT02011243) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Internal Rotation Deficit of the Glenohumeral Joint in Advanced-level Handball Players
France86 participantsStarted 2014-01
Plain-language summary
The main objective of this study is to estimate the incidence and prevalence of Internal Rotation Deficit (IRD) defined by a measure of IRD 2 (Internal Rotation Deficit in position 2) strictly greater than 20 ° in a population of advanced-level handball players over a training season.
Who can participate
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Inclusion Criteria:
* The subject or his/her legal guardian must have given his/her informed and signed consent
* The subject must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
* The subject is a member of the professional and pre-professional handball clubs in Nîmes, France (the USAM or HBCN clubs) -- OR-- a member of the training centers associated with the same clubs whose parents or legal representatives have given informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* The subject is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
* The subject or his/her legal respresentative refuses to sign the consent
* It is impossible to correctly inform the subject
* The subject is pregnant, parturient, or breastfeeding
* The subject has been operated for shoulder instability, regardless of the surgical technique used
* The subject has a history of fracture of the proximal end of the humerus and / or elbow
* The subject has a history of rotator cuff surgery
* The subject has neurological or spinal problems, or has received physiotherapy on the shoulder complex within 30 days prior to the study assessment
What they're measuring
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Presence/absence of an internal rotation deficit (IRD 2 > 20°)