The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes

Purpose This study aimed to determine whether prone cross-body adduction (superman stretch) improves range of motion (ROM) more than the sleeper stretch. Methods Collegiate overhead athletes were randomized to either a sleeper group or a superman stretch group. ROM measurements were collected before...

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Autores principales: Tawfik, Amr, Toci, Gregory R, Sirch, Francis, Gibbs, Brian, Conte, Evan, Fletcher, Daniel, Hornstein, Joshua, Aland, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371739
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22600
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author Tawfik, Amr
Toci, Gregory R
Sirch, Francis
Gibbs, Brian
Conte, Evan
Fletcher, Daniel
Hornstein, Joshua
Aland, Christopher
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Sirch, Francis
Gibbs, Brian
Conte, Evan
Fletcher, Daniel
Hornstein, Joshua
Aland, Christopher
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description Purpose This study aimed to determine whether prone cross-body adduction (superman stretch) improves range of motion (ROM) more than the sleeper stretch. Methods Collegiate overhead athletes were randomized to either a sleeper group or a superman stretch group. ROM measurements were collected before and after stretches by three orthopedic surgeons. Results We assessed a total of 212 shoulders. Both stretches demonstrated significant improvements in ROM, except horizontal adduction, which only improved in the superman stretch group. Conclusions The superman stretch may be superior in producing immediate improvements in horizontal adduction when compared to the traditional sleeper stretch.
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spelling pubmed-89581512022-03-31 The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes Tawfik, Amr Toci, Gregory R Sirch, Francis Gibbs, Brian Conte, Evan Fletcher, Daniel Hornstein, Joshua Aland, Christopher Cureus Orthopedics Purpose This study aimed to determine whether prone cross-body adduction (superman stretch) improves range of motion (ROM) more than the sleeper stretch. Methods Collegiate overhead athletes were randomized to either a sleeper group or a superman stretch group. ROM measurements were collected before and after stretches by three orthopedic surgeons. Results We assessed a total of 212 shoulders. Both stretches demonstrated significant improvements in ROM, except horizontal adduction, which only improved in the superman stretch group. Conclusions The superman stretch may be superior in producing immediate improvements in horizontal adduction when compared to the traditional sleeper stretch. Cureus 2022-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8958151/ /pubmed/35371739 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22600 Text en Copyright © 2022, Tawfik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Orthopedics
Tawfik, Amr
Toci, Gregory R
Sirch, Francis
Gibbs, Brian
Conte, Evan
Fletcher, Daniel
Hornstein, Joshua
Aland, Christopher
The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title_full The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title_fullStr The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title_short The Effects of Sleeper and Superman Stretches on Time-Zero Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Athletes
title_sort effects of sleeper and superman stretches on time-zero shoulder range of motion in collegiate athletes
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371739
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22600
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