Engelsk titel: Prevalence of shoulder pain among Norwegian junior team handball female players
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Författare:
Sommervold, Maria
;
Österås, Håvard
Email: ms@ofo-as.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 27
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 11083368
Sammanfattning
Purpose: To examine the prevalence of shoulder pain among junior female players in team handball.
Design: A questionnaire with a randomized selection of handball teams.
Material and methods: A randomized selection was taken among teams that participated in the «Postenserien» (girls 16) and in the qualification to the «Sparserien» (girls 18), 10 teams were chosen from each of the groups. The questionnaire that was sent out is a modified version of a Swedish questionnaire originally used to investigate shoulder pain among badminton players. The questionnaire was earlier translated into Norwegian and adjusted to fit team handball.
Results: A total of 17 teams received the questionnaire, 12 out of these teams answered the form. This gave us an answering percentage of 70.5 % taken into account the teams that received the form. A total of 149 players participated in the study. 34 % of the players reported having present or previous pain in their throwing shoulder, whereas 53 % had pain in the shoulder while using it. The pain came on gradually for 43 % of those with present or previous pain; the remaining 57 % reported that the pain started acute. 66 % of the players informed us that they had to adjust their training because of pain. Only 52 % reported to have shoulder pain had sought medical attention for their problems.
Conclusion: This study indicates that shoulder problems are common already from an early age on amongst female handball players. It is important that the support group around the teams and the coaches are aware of this, especially since the study showed that only half of the players sought medical attention for their problems.