An interventional study of Leg Lateral Reach Test in Trunk Injury, Mobility Limitation and Spine Injury, sponsored by Gazi University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 11 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-25.
Sponsored by Gazi University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Leg Lateral Reach Test to measure thoraco-lumbo-pelvic segment mobility in adolescent tennis players. The fact that the test is valid and reliable for tennis players will contribute to monitoring trunk rotation flexibility in athletes, comparing them bilaterally, and revealing the exercise training necessary to improve performance.
Tennis is a sport characterized by coordinated, repetitive, and rotational movements along the kinetic chain. Ineffective use of the trunk segment to generate rotational momentum is thought to increase the load on the upper extremity. Limited trunk rotation flexibility can cause abnormal trunk motion patterns, resulting in lower back injuries and pain as well as upper extremity injuries in throwing athletes. Therefore, assessment of trunk flexibility in athletes who perform repetitive trunk rotations, such as tennis players, is critical for effective rehabilitation and prevention of sports injuries.
The Leg Lateral Reach Test was developed to measure the rotation of the thoraco-lumbo-pelvic segment and was found to be valid and reliable in physically active, healthy individuals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Leg Lateral Reach Test to measure thoraco-lumbo-pelvic segment mobility in adolescent tennis players. The fact that the test is valid and reliable for tennis players will contribute to monitoring trunk rotation flexibility in athletes, comparing them bilaterally, and revealing the exercise training necessary to improve performance.
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Exclusion Criteria:
adolescent tennis player
Diagnostic Test: Leg Lateral Reach Test
To conduct the leg reach test, participants began by positioning themselves with their arms hanging at their sides. They were then guided to raise the leg under assessment and extend it across the opposite leg to make contact with a wooden bar, employing trunk rotation in the process. During each trial, participants were consistently motivated to ensure that both shoulders remained in contact with the floor and to stretch their tested leg as far as they could along the length of the wooden bar. If a participant was unable to sustain contact between their foot and the wooden bar for a duration of 5 seconds at the point of maximal reach, or if both shoulders lifted off the floor, that specific trial was considered invalid and not included in the analysis. Each participant completed three repetitions of this test for both the right and left sides, and the average of their reach distances was subsequently calculated for assessment.
Leg Lateral Reach Test-1
The leg lateral reach test will be measured by the first investigator.
Time frame: first day
Leg Lateral Reach Test-2
The leg lateral reach test will be measured by the second investigator.
Time frame: first day
Leg Lateral Reach Test-3
The leg lateral reach test will be measured by the first investigator.
Time frame: 5-7 days after
Leg Lateral Reach Test-4
The leg lateral reach test will be measured by the second investigator.
Time frame: 5-7 days after
Seated Rotation Test
A seated rotation test will be measured for validity analysis.
Time frame: first day
Plan to share: No — There is not a plan to make IPD available.
Ran from Sep 2023 to primary completion in Nov 2023, 2 months.
Of 198 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Mobility Limitation, half reached primary completion within 18 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 42. This study's 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 203 studies reached it within 18 months; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 44.
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