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| Research Title: |
Shoulder pain in water polo: A systematic review of the literature |
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Publication Articles |
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Protective Equipment
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| Keywords: |
Water polo, Review. should, pain, throwing
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| Author(s): |
Marilyn Webster, Meg Morris, Brook Galna |
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| Release Date: |
25 June 2009 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
Water polo is a demanding sport in which an elevated swimming posture and throwing places a large load on the shoulder and surrounding soft tissue. Shoulder pain can compromise throwing, shooting for goals, defending and swimming. No previous systematic review has been conducted on shoulder pain in water polo. Several electronic databases were searched in March 2007. Any journal article that included “water polo” and the “shoulder” that was published in English was included, resulting in 11 papers. The papers were independently examined by two reviewers using a quality assessment procedure with the major themes being sampling method, incidence of injuries, pain, strength, intervention, key-dependant variables, external validity, and outcomes.
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| Research Objectives: |
The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the literature on the incidence and clinical presentation of shoulder pain in water polo, and to examine contributing factors.
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| Research Outcomes: |
A high incidence and clinical presentation of shoulder pain in water polo was confirmed by the 11 papers reviewed. It is likely that causation of shoulder pain is multifactorial, with increased shoulder mobility, imbalance in the rotator cuff muscles and repeated throwing in the water all contributing. The exact mechanisms whereby these factors contribute to shoulder pain were not established in the review.
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| Research Implications: |
As shoulder pain in water polo players can quickly progress from acute to chronic, and the subsequent altered biomechanics from shoulder pain can compromise a player’s throwing action, possibly in turn causing further pain and damage to the shoulder, early intervention is recommended.
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