Validation of an Upper Extremity Physical Performance Test Battery in Patients After Shoulder Dislocation

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

• Ages 16 to 55 years
• All sexes
• No healthy volunteers
• Child, Adult

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

About this study

Official title: Predictive Validity of an Upper Extremity Physical Performance Test Battery in Patients After Shoulder Dislocation: a Prospective Study

Conditions

Return to Sport, Shoulder Dislocation or Subluxation

Being tested

Analytical test - Shoulder Range of Motion (ROM), Analytical test - Shoulder Strength, Modified-Athletic Shoulder Test (M-AST), Physical performance test - Unilateral Seated Shot-Put Test (USSPT), Physical performance test - modified-Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (m-CKCUEST)

Medical subject headings

Shoulder Dislocation, Joint Dislocations

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

• Analytical test - Shoulder Range of Motion (ROM)Other

  Passive external rotation in supine position with arm in 90° abduction - passive internal rotation in supine position with arm in 90° abduction.

• Analytical test - Shoulder StrengthOther

  Shoulder external rotation and internal rotation measured with a hand held dynanometer in supine lying

• Modified-Athletic Shoulder Test (M-AST)Other

  Shoulder strength in the antero-posterior plane measured with a hand held dynanometer in prone lying

• Physical performance test - Unilateral Seated Shot-Put Test (USSPT)Other

  Set up requires that the subject is placed in a seated position (knees bent at 90° degrees) with their back against the wall, and a 3 kg medicine ball held at height of the shoulder. When ready, the subject will perform a shot put motion to push the medicine ball as far as possible in a horizontal direction. The average of three trials is recorded for each arm.

• Physical performance test - modified-Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (m-CKCUEST)Other

  The test is performed in a push-up position with the hands one half-arm span apart on strips of athletic tape. The person reaches with alternating hands across the body to touch the piece of tape under the opposing hand. The number of cross-body touches performed in 15 seconds is recorded. In total, three 15-s test trials were performed, with 45 s rest between each trial.

• Supine moving apprehension test (SMAT)Other

  The beginning position of the participant is lying in a supine position while holding the weight just over their chest. Participants move their shoulder to 135° of abduction with the elbow extended, then returning to the starting position, and immediately move their shoulder to 180° of abduction with the elbow fully extended and finally return to the starting position. This cycle is repeated as much as possible for 1 minute.

• Physical performance test - Posterior shoulder endurance test (PSET)Other

  The participant is positioned prone, with the test shoulder off the table and the arm in 90° of horizontal abduction, the point at which the participant is to hold the arm as long as possible until fatigue. The participant holds a weight equal to 2% of his body weight (rounded to the nearest 0.5 kg).

• Patient-reported outcome measure - The Shoulder Instability-Return to Sport after Injury (SIRSI)Other

  Psycho-social questionnaire assessing the psychological readiness of athletes to return to sport following traumatic shoulder instability and conservative or surgical management. The SIRSI includes 12 questions with an 11-point Likert scale in the form of blocks to be ticked from 0 to 10. The total score is equal to the sum of the values of the 12 responses then determined in relation to 100 to obtain a percentage. High scores correspond to a positive psychological response.

• Patient-reported outcome measure - Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)Other

  Patient's shoulder pain will be measured using an 11-point NRS, with a minimum value of zero ("no pain") and a maximum score of 10 ("the worst pain possible")

• Modified Tampa-Scale of Kinesiophobia for Anterior Shoulder Instability (TSK-SI)Other

  modified Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) to make it suitable for application in patients with anterior shoulder instability. The TSK-SI contains 18 items and the total score can range from 18 to 72, with 18 being the "best" score (no fear of movement/kinesiophobia) and 72 being the "worst" score (severe fear of movement/kinesiophobia)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

1. Subjective Patient Outcome for Return to Sports (SPORTS) score

   Subjective Patient Outcome for Return to Sports (SPORTS) score is a single-item scale that measures athletes' ability to return to their preinjury sport based on effort and performance. It is scored on a 10-point scale with 0 points allocated to the patient who does not resume the same sport and 10 points to the patient who is able to perform, without pain, the same sport, at same level of effort and performance as before the onset of his/her impairment.

   Measured: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months post-return to sport

2. Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI)

   The WOSI score questionnaire is a tool designed for self-assessment of shoulder function for patients with shoulder instability. It consists of four subscales with a total of 21 items. Each question in this version is scaled on a Numerical Rating Scale from 0 (best) to 10 (worst), with the WOSI score ranging from 0 (highest shoulder-related quality of life) to 210 (worst shoulder-related quality of life).

   Measured: pre-operatively; in return to sport phase; 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months post-return to sport

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

1. First posted11 Aug 2025
2. Study start3 Jul 2025
3. Primary completion1 Jan 2029 (estimated)
4. Study completion1 Jan 2029 (estimated)

Resources

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
• Other trials for Return to SportStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
• What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.