An interventional study of exercise in Exercise, Muscle Weakness and Rotator Cuff Injuries, sponsored by Ankara University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-15.
Sponsored by Ankara University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
The shoulder joint is prone to injury due to its unique anatomy. Rotator cuff lesions (RCL) are a common cause of shoulder pain, with a prevalence of 81% (1). One effective approach for monitoring muscle function is to visualize the architectural structure of the muscle. Muscle architecture is the examination of the structural arrangement of muscle fibers, muscle thickness, pennation angle, and number of sarcomeres according to the force generation axis (2). Ultrasonographic muscle architecture measurements provide a rapid and objective evaluation to examine the pathology of the muscles associated with subacromial impingement syndrome (3).
Muscle strength measurement is a physical performance measurement used to determine the loss of strength in the muscle and to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention by resisting the muscle (4). It is worth noting that the strength of the rotator cuff muscles, especially the external and internal force-generating muscles of the shoulder, may be somewhat reduced in athletes with RCL. Strength measurement of these muscles can provide valuable data in shoulder evaluation (5). It is also worth mentioning that shoulder injuries are quite common in tennis. In addition to physiotherapy methods, the success rate in RCL treatment may be enhanced by exercise (6). In shoulder rehabilitation, core exercises are designed to help restore functional movements through the elimination of pain and the dynamic stability of the rotator cuff and scapular muscles. The goal is to strengthen the shoulder girdle muscles and achieve sufficient joint range of motion, especially by providing neuromuscular re-education with therapeutic exercises.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Other: exercise
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.
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.
Time frame: 8 week
ultrasonographic examination
increase in supraspinatus muscle thickness = centimeters
Time frame: 8 week
Plan to share: No
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