Proprioceptive information appear to play an important role in stability and movements of shoulder joint in sporting activities especially in tennis. The purpose of this study was to measure the shoulder proprioceptive differences, and assess proprioceptive sense between dominant and non-dominant shoulders between male tennis players and controls between ages 14 - 16. 15 young male tennis players with a mean age 14.6 ± / 0.7 years and 15 young male sedentary individuals with a mean age 14.8 ± / 0.9 years participated in this cross-sectional descriptive study. Average height, weight, and BMI of the players were 169.4 ± / 5.9 cm., 63.9 ± / 5.5 kg., and 22.2 ± / 1.0 kg/m2 respectively. Mean height, weight, and BMI of the non-players were 168.3 ± / 5.3 cm., 64.4 ± / 10.2 kg., and 23.1 ± / 3.9 kg/m2 respectively. Proprioceptive sense was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer. Measurements were made in two positions: &lsquo / sitting&rsquo / versus &lsquo / standing&rsquo / for service, forehand, and backhand positions. Differences between players and control groups were investigated by MANOVA. Paired t-test was used to evaluate differences between dominant and non-dominant shoulders and sitting and standing positions. There was no statistically difference between players and non-players in means of age, body height, weight, and BMI. The study revealed the following results: 1) There was a significant difference between shoulder proprioceptive senses of players and controls (p < / 0.05) at service, forehand, and backhand positions. 2) Significant difference between dominant and non-dominant shoulders at 15º / and 30º / was not observed (p < / 0.05). 3) No significant difference was observed between sitting and standing positions at 30º / (p < / 0.05). It was concluded that tennis players had better proprioceptive sense than their age matched sedentary controls.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607222/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 May 2006 |
| Creators | Boyar, Alaaddin |
| Contributors | Korkusuz, Feza |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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