Prevention of overuse shoulder injury in handball

Prevention of overuse shoulder injury in handball: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN99023492

Enrollment

600

Registered

2020-02-06

Start date

2019-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-04-04

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Conditions

Overuse throwing shoulder injury Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Intervention arm: teams are given a neuromuscular training programme. this should be implemented at least twice per week during the whole course of the season Control arm: teams proce

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Active handball player in any of the German-speaking handball leagues with at least one competitive match during the interventional season 2019-20 2. Male or female 3. Willingness to implement biweekly prevention exercises into training and match warm-up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to understand written German 2. No signed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence and intensity of overuse throwing shoulder injury measured using the OSTRC (Oslo Trauma Research Center) Overuse questionnaire as well as short handball-specific WOSI (Western Ontario Shoulder Index) every two weeks throughout the study.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured using the OSTRC (Oslo Trauma Research Center) Overuse questionnaire as well as short handball-specific WOSI (Western Ontario Shoulder Index) every two weeks throughout the study: 1. Prevalence and intensity of severe overuse throwing shoulder injury 2. Prevalence and intensity of overuse elbow injury	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026