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Humeral retroversion and shoulder rotational mobility in young handball practitioners
Gustavo Aguiar Quadros1, Marcelo Baptista Döhnert1
1Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Physiotherapy Course, Torres, RS, Brazil. Work developed at Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Physiotherapy Course, Torres, RS, Brazil.
Objective:
: To evaluate the prevalence of humeral retroversion and rotational mobility (RHH) in young handball practitioners and non-practitioners.
Methods:
: This is a cross-sectional study performed with two groups: the handball group, with 14 female students practicing handball and the control group, with 13 young participants non-practicing pitch sports.
Results:
: The handball group presented full rotational movement (FRM) hi-gher than the control group in both the dominant shoulder (p=0.001) and the non-dominant shoulder (p=0.0001). The mobility of active and passive internal rotation was significantly higher in handball players in both shoulders. The handball group presented lower internal rotation range of motion for the dominant shoulder as compared to the non-dominant shoul-der (p=0.001).
Conclusion:
: Young handball practitioners, des-pite skeletally immature, showed a higher MRT than the control group. The handball group showed loss of internal rotation (medial) on the dominant shoulder as compared to the non--dominant shoulder. Level of Evidence II, Prospective Study.
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