57% of young female handball players experience shoulder pain. This pain is likely to affect training and performance, but most players continue to play despite it. Endurance of the shoulder lateral rotators is a risk factor for sports such as handball. A protocol for applying the Shoulder Endurance Test (SET) to assess the endurance of the lateral rotators of the shoulder has been proposed, but the authors stress the need for further research to validate this test in different sports and for different populations. The purpose of the study was to determine normative values for the Shoulder Endurance Test in female handball players aged 14 to 18 in intensive training facilities.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Each patient receive the same intervention, the Shoulder Endurance Test (SET). The Shoulder Endurance Test assesses the endurance of the shoulder muscles in an open kinetic chain.
CHU de Brest
Brest, France
To determine normative values for the Shoulder Endurance Test in female handball players aged 14 to 18.
Time frame: Day 1
Assessing intra-examiner reliability
Evaluate intra-examiner reliability: on site SET score versus SET score on video analysis (carried out 2 months after the face-to-face test).
Time frame: two months after the test
Assessing inter-examiner reliability
Evaluate inter-examiner reliability: SET score for operator 1 versus operator 2 based on analysis of videos
Time frame: two months after the test
Determine the SET score on the non-dominant arm
Time frame: Day 1
Evaluate the effort perceived during the test
Borg scale after SET
Time frame: Day 1
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