Prevalence of Shoulder and elbow Dysfunction Among Gun Shooters

Document Type : Original Article

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1 BSc of Physical therapy department of basic science of faculty of Physical Therapy, 6 October University

2 Basic Science of Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

10.21608/iptccu.2024.457060

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Background: Shooting is an extremely precise sport involving control of one's body motions for peak performance. The shoulders and wrist muscles must be worked in order to stabilize the gun. Purpose: to investigate the prevalence of Shoulder and elbow dysfunction in gun shooters at Giza –Egypt and determine the correlation between numbers of years practicing shooting and shoulder and elbow dysfunction in gun shooters. Subjects& Method : one hundred subjects from both sexes gun shooters were participated in this study, with ranging ages  from 25-70 years and Body Mass Index (BMI) ranging from 18 to 25 kg/m² Gun shooting trainers for 1 to more than 30 years, The study was conducted at (shooting club Dokki, shooting club Sun sporting and Military shooting club )in Giza, pain intensity level was evaluated by visual analogue scale, pain pressure threshold was evaluated by pressure algometry and Functional disability was evaluated utilizing the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH questionnaire). Result prevalence of shoulder dysfunction with 40% ,elbow dysfunction with 35% and without dysfunction with25% assured that there was no correlation between number of practicing years and lateral pectoral and there were correlation between number of practicing years and anterior deltoid and biceps brachii Conclusion: there were non-significant correlation between the numbers of practicing years and pain intensity, pain threshold as well as functional disability

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