PREVENTION OF SHOULDER GIRDLE INJURIES IN RECREATIONAL CLIMBERS – AN INTERVENTION BOOKLET
Dancsó, Mária (2018)
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201803213623
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201803213623
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The purpose of this thesis was to create a shoulder injury prevention package for recreational climbers. The package is built on evidence-based knowledge and it al-lows the athletes to increase their knowledge about shoulder injuries and to reduce the possibility of shoulder injury. The thesis was done in collaboration with Climb-ing Club Pori.
The theoretical part of the thesis includes the anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder girdle, common injuries of the shoulder focusing on working age popula-tion and climbing as a sport and its common shoulder injuries. The thesis also in-vestigates the possible risk factors for injury, the importance of health promotion in injury prevention and the effectiveness of different intervention strategies. The in-formation in the booklet is based on current evidence according to the literature. The search for evidence included freely available full text articles by using Med-line/PudMed, Ebsco Host, Science Direct and Google Scholar.
Although the studies showed that evidence-based, sport specific training and pre-ventative programs are effective, they are not widely used by coaches and athletes. Also, while contact sports and lower limb injuries are often studied in injury pre-vention, there is a lack of evidence in other fields.
The intervention booklet allows the climbers through pictures and written instruc-tions to enhance their performance by activating the scapular stabilizers, strength-ening the rotator cuff and improving the range of motion of the shoulder.
The theoretical part of the thesis includes the anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder girdle, common injuries of the shoulder focusing on working age popula-tion and climbing as a sport and its common shoulder injuries. The thesis also in-vestigates the possible risk factors for injury, the importance of health promotion in injury prevention and the effectiveness of different intervention strategies. The in-formation in the booklet is based on current evidence according to the literature. The search for evidence included freely available full text articles by using Med-line/PudMed, Ebsco Host, Science Direct and Google Scholar.
Although the studies showed that evidence-based, sport specific training and pre-ventative programs are effective, they are not widely used by coaches and athletes. Also, while contact sports and lower limb injuries are often studied in injury pre-vention, there is a lack of evidence in other fields.
The intervention booklet allows the climbers through pictures and written instruc-tions to enhance their performance by activating the scapular stabilizers, strength-ening the rotator cuff and improving the range of motion of the shoulder.