Land Based Exercises Versus Pool Based Exercises For Swimmer’s Shoulder In Competitive Swimmers: Randomized Clinical Trial

Shruti Deshpande, Chaitanya A. Kulkarni, Om C. Wadhokar, Waqar M. Naqvi*, Pratik Phansopkar, Sakshi P. Arora

MGM School of Physiotherapy Aurangabad, a constituent unit of MGMIHS, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

To compare the effect of Land based exercises and Pool based exercises for shoulder strength to reduce shoulder pain in competitive swimmers using Shoulder Pain Disability Index (SPADI) score, Hand-Held dynamometer (HHD), Randomized Clinical trial.29 competitive swimmers with age group between 8 to 18 years were evaluated for shoulder pain using Shoulder Pain Disability Index Score [SPADI] and shoulder strength was evaluated using Hand Held Dynamometer [HHD] before and after the study. Then all the subjects were divided into 2 groups, for Group A Pool based exercises were given and for Group B Land based exercises were given. Statistically there is significant difference in values of outcome measures after the study in both groups but there is more significant difference in Group A than Group B. Pool based exercises showed more significant effect on shoulder pain than land based exercises in swimmer’s shoulder.

Keywords:

Land & pool based exercises, Shoulder Pain Disability Index Score [SPADI], Hand Held Dynamometer [HHD], Competitive swimmers