Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation, cilt.16, sa.4, ss.264-269, 2005 (Scopus)
In overhead sports such as volleyball, tennis or baseball; shoulder problems are very common, predominantly in highly skilled sportsmen. The purpose of this study was to identify features which may correlate with shoulder problems in volleyball players. Twenty female volleyball players were included in the study; 10 were suffering from shoulder pain and 10 had no history of shoulder pain. The results were compared with those of a control group. Volleyball players had a different muscular and capsular pattern at the dominant shoulders. Their dominant shoulder was depressed, the scapula was lateralized and the posterior part of the shoulder capsule was shortened. There were no significant differences between voleyball players with and without shoulder pain in terms of these measurements, but a trend was noted with the differences in volleyball players with shoulder pain being more prominent than in volleyball players without shoulder pain. Streching the shorthened muscles and strengthening the scapular fixating muscles should be recommended to volleyball players with or without shoulder pain.