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Shoulder Pain And Dysfunction In Young Surf Lifesavers, Josh Carter, Nick Marshall, Allan Abbott
Shoulder Pain And Dysfunction In Young Surf Lifesavers, Josh Carter, Nick Marshall, Allan Abbott
Allan D. Abbott
Objectives: To determine the incidence and prevalence of significantly interrupting shoulder pain (SIP) in young surf lifesavers and to determine association with training dosage and the ‘combined elevation test’. Participants: 54 surf lifesavers aged 10e18 from the Gold Coast, Australia. Methods and outcome measures: Retrospective survey of SIP and training dosage. Cross-sectional measures of the combined elevation test. Design: Retrospective. Results: 56.5% of female surf lifesavers reported a history of SIP compared to males with 48.5%. Females had a higher combined elevation score compared to males, 28.32 ± SD 8.52 cm and 26.09 ± SD 6.64 cm, respectively. Young surf …