A structured warm-up program to prevent overuse shoulder injuries among elite handball players

A structured warm-up program to prevent overuse shoulder injuries among elite handball players: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN96217107

Enrollment

800

Registered

2014-04-11

Start date

2014-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Overuse shoulder injuries Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

1. The prevention program will be implemented as a standard part of the warm up for handball training sessions in the intervention group throughout the 2014-2015 season. The prevention program will co

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy male and female handball players with a contract with either a Postenliga team (24 teams) or 1.divison team (24 teams) in the 2014-2015 season.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: There are no exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Overuse shoulder injuries will be recorded biweekly in both groups during the season using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Injury Questionnaire. All players will electronically receive the questionnaire consisting of four questions that record the extent to which each player may have reduced or modified their training, suffered from reduced performance, or experienced pain due to shoulder problems during the last seven days. In addition the questionnaire measures exposure to handball, both training and match, during the last seven days.	—

Measure

Time frame

Overuse shoulder injuries will be recorded biweekly in both groups during the season using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Injury Questionnaire. All players will electronically receive the questionnaire consisting of four questions that record the extent to which each player may have reduced or modified their training, suffered from reduced performance, or experienced pain due to shoulder problems during the last seven days. In addition the questionnaire measures exposure to handball, both training and match, during the last seven days.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Injuries leading to time-loss, both acute and overuse, will be recorded in both groups monthly using an electronic questionnaire, which will be sent to the team physiotherapists. 2. Compliance with the prevention program will be recorded in the prevention group at every training session by the team coaches. 3. Additional strength training including the shoulder girdle will be measured monthly in both groups using an electronic questionnaire answered by the team coaches.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Injuries leading to time-loss, both acute and overuse, will be recorded in both groups monthly using an electronic questionnaire, which will be sent to the team physiotherapists. 2. Compliance with the prevention program will be recorded in the prevention group at every training session by the team coaches. 3. Additional strength training including the shoulder girdle will be measured monthly in both groups using an electronic questionnaire answered by the team coaches.

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026