- Title
- The effect of swimming training load on supraspinatus tendon thickness and shoulder pain in elite swimmers
- Creator
- Jabornik, Kirsten
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Thesis; PhD
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/183615
- Identifier
- vital:16321
- Abstract
- Swimming is one of the top three participant sports in Australia and enjoys a high public profile. Shoulder injuries are commonly sustained by swimmers and are associated with significant morbidity as well as impaired swimming performance. Supraspinatus tendinopathy has been found to be present in a large proportion of competitive swimmers. The use of ultrasound has been found to be a reliable and valid tool in assessing supraspinatus tendon thickness changes. Primarily this thesis investigated the relationship between changes in supraspinatus tendon thickness and shoulder pain among elite Australian swimmers. The thesis investigated how swimming practice load and intensity resulted in supraspinatus tendon thickness changes. Furthermore, retrospective data investigates the link between training related supraspinatus tendon thickness changes and future incidence of shoulder pain. The research ascertained that swimming practice results in significantly greater increases in supraspinatus tendon thickness in swimmer’s shoulders with a history of shoulder pain. The evaluation of volume and intensity demonstrated a greater increase in thickness as a result of high intensity low volume practice compared with that of high volume low intensity practice in swimmer’s shoulders without a history of pain. While retrospective data identified a significant association between the increase in tendon thickness immediately post a swimming practice and the tendon thickness at six hours post practice and the incidence of significant interfering shoulder pain at both three and six months post testing. These findings provide an evidence base for the use of supraspinatus tendon thickness measures to assess a swimmer’s readiness to train when returning from an episode of shoulder pain. Additionally, the shoulder tendon response to varying training loads, including different intensity and volume and how this may be associated with future incidence of pain may guide coaches and clinical staff in the planning of training programs and training periodisation to manage shoulder pain incidence; Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- Federation University Australia
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Kirsten Jabornik
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Shoulder pain; Swimming; Tendon thickness
- Full Text
- Thesis Supervisor
- Talpey, Scott
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