The Effects of a Rehabilitation Program for Ice Hockey Players with Shoulder Injury

Abstract

Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation training, using elastic bands and a body blade, for ice hockey players with confirmed diagnosis of shoulder joint instability. [Methods] The subjects of this study were healthy adult ice hockey players without shoulder instability (control group, n=9) and adult ice hockey players with shoulder instability (training group, n=9). We implemented a rehabilitation training program using elastic bands and a body blade for eight weeks, and measured the isokinetic muscle functions of the shoulder joint in terms of flexion, extension, internal rotation and external rotation, as well as the subjective pain score at baseline (Week 0) and Weeks 4 and 8.[Results] There were interactions in flexion and internal rotation at 60°/sec, flexion and extension at 180°/sec, and subjective pain score. [Conclusion] We consider that the rehabilitation program given in this study had a positive effect on stabilization of the shoulder joint of ice hockey players, and various further studies should address shoulder joint rehabilitation for ice hockey players.

Influence of Nonoperative Treatments for Subacromial Shoulder Pain: A Review Article

“…The article on glenohumeral dislocations in a journal [8] describes a case study where the researchers documented pain relief for a patient with a glenohumeral dislocation. The therapy method involving elastic bands and a body blade workout showed a demonstrable stabilising impact on nine ice hockey athletes suffering from shoulder weakness [29]. In order to have proper training for the Bodyblade exercise with the SAPS type of athletes, a greater training group is required made up of athletes that have a greater variety of and in greater in difficulties compared to the other types of programme.…”

“…One of the ways of helping an aching patient heal is to use a type of treatment called kinesio taping, in which taping is applied to someone's body. After this is done, the injured area feels better [29]. When these studies were done using the Bodyblade exercise, the results showed that it could be an alternative solution to traditional exercise.…”

Reliability and validity of the closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test

“…The isokinetic test for internal/external shoulder rotation is a very objective and accurate way of measuring shoulder muscle strength. Many researchers have used isokinetic muscle examination to measure shoulder stability 17 , 18 , 19 ) . Accordingly, this study compared shoulder internal/external peak torque data at angular speeds of 60°/sec and 180°/sec with CKCUES data, and found high correlations for all the results.…”