Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder
Background: Therapeutic exercise seems to minimize musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer’s shoulder. However, there is an absence of a qualitative evaluation of these programs and a great variability regarding the characteristics of exercises. The objective of this review was to identify,...
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| description | Background: Therapeutic exercise seems to minimize musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer’s shoulder. However, there is an absence of a qualitative evaluation of these programs and a great variability regarding the characteristics of exercises. The objective of this review was to identify, evaluate, and compare exercise programs used to minimize musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer’s shoulder. Methods: PubMed, CochraneLibrary, ScienceDirect, and Medscape were searched during January 2022. The research was limited to meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and RCTs written in English, Spanish, and Portuguese without publication time. The researched papers had swimmers as the population, compared an exercise program with another program or without intervention, and had as outcomes musculoskeletal risk factor variables. Results: Eleven articles were considered for analysis. There were three positive effects of strength programs on shoulder rotators’ strength and endurance, two positive effects of strength and stretching programs on shoulder posture, and one positive effect of a stretching program on shoulder ROM and a plyometric program on proprioception. Conclusions: There is high heterogeneity and little methodological quality evidence about the theme. However, strength programs with five or fewer OKC exercises performed out of the water seems to lead to better results in the swimmer’s shoulder prevention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cae32bb9e5c34be88075e3e08cb3b6b32023-11-24T07:22:52ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252022-06-0112660161510.3390/ejihpe12060044Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s ShoulderNuno Tavares0Gonçalo Dias1Paulo Carvalho2João Paulo Vilas-Boas3Maria António Castro4Faculty of Sports, University of Porto and CIAFEL, 4200-450 Porto, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra School of Education, Rua D. João III, Solum, 3030-329 Coimbra, PortugalSchool of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, 4200-072 Porto, PortugalLABIOMEP-UP—Porto Biomechanics Laboratory, Faculty of Sports and CIFI2D, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, PortugalSchool of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, PortugalBackground: Therapeutic exercise seems to minimize musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer’s shoulder. However, there is an absence of a qualitative evaluation of these programs and a great variability regarding the characteristics of exercises. The objective of this review was to identify, evaluate, and compare exercise programs used to minimize musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer’s shoulder. Methods: PubMed, CochraneLibrary, ScienceDirect, and Medscape were searched during January 2022. The research was limited to meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and RCTs written in English, Spanish, and Portuguese without publication time. The researched papers had swimmers as the population, compared an exercise program with another program or without intervention, and had as outcomes musculoskeletal risk factor variables. Results: Eleven articles were considered for analysis. There were three positive effects of strength programs on shoulder rotators’ strength and endurance, two positive effects of strength and stretching programs on shoulder posture, and one positive effect of a stretching program on shoulder ROM and a plyometric program on proprioception. Conclusions: There is high heterogeneity and little methodological quality evidence about the theme. However, strength programs with five or fewer OKC exercises performed out of the water seems to lead to better results in the swimmer’s shoulder prevention.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/6/44swimmingtherapeutic exerciseshoulderswimmer’s shoulderinjury prevention |
| spellingShingle | Nuno Tavares Gonçalo Dias Paulo Carvalho João Paulo Vilas-Boas Maria António Castro Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education swimming therapeutic exercise shoulder swimmer’s shoulder injury prevention |
| title | Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder |
| title_full | Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder |
| title_short | Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercise in Musculoskeletal Risk Factors Related to Swimmer’s Shoulder |
| title_sort | effectiveness of therapeutic exercise in musculoskeletal risk factors related to swimmer s shoulder |
| topic | swimming therapeutic exercise shoulder swimmer’s shoulder injury prevention |
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