Upper Limb Function in Athletes with and without Injury (v1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Kinetics and Kinematics of Upper Limb in Athletes and non-Athletes with and without Injury
IRAS ID
183797
Contact name
Omid Alizadehkhaiyat
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Liverpool Hope University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
6 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
There is a high prevalence of shoulder injuries in overhead sports such as cricket, tennis, baseball and badminton. These injuries reduce the functional capacity of an individual, hence potentially affecting participation in sport and exercise or performing daily tasks such as cleaning, ironing and cooking. Aberrant and imbalanced activity of key muscle groups within the upper and lower body together with misaligned joint movements have been advocated as key underlying factors for the development of shoulder injuries in overhead athletes. The first part of research project will measure and analyse activation of muscles (electromyography or EMG) and extremity movement patterns (motion capture) while performing an overhead throwing task and a simple functional task (i.e. moving a can between two shelves) in order to identify similarities and differences between participants with and without shoulder injuries. Participants with shoulder injury would have a recent shoulder injury (e.g. impingement syndrome, SLAP tear, instability or rotator cuff tear). All participants will have experience of participating in an overhead throwing sport during the last five years. The second part of study will focus on rationalising the rehabilitation strategies that are commonly prescribed for shoulder injuries in throwing athletes. A total of 10 exercises will be investigated in terms of muscle activations in order to establish recommendations for both rehabilitation and pre-habilitation (injury prevention) strategies of shoulder injuries.
REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0049
Date of REC Opinion
22 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion