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Registration number
ACTRN12607000483459
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
6/09/2007
Date registered
21/09/2007
Date last updated
9/12/2013
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Rowing joint mobilisation project
Scientific title
The effect of joint mobilisation on stroke length in rowing ergonometric performance - a pilot study
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Joint mobility 2338 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 2442 2442 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Mobilisation of restricted joints in the leg, arm, thoracic and lumbar spines twice per week for four weeks
Intervention code [1] 2058 0
Treatment: Other
Comparator / control treatment
Active control - initial period of ergonometric rowing performance without joint mobilisation followed by period of ergonometric rowing performance with joint mobilisation
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 3341 0
Primary Outcome 1: Rowing ergonometric performance.
Timepoint [1] 3341 0
Primary Outcome 1: Once per week for 8 weeks
Primary outcome [2] 3342 0
Primary Outcome 2: Joint Range of Motion
Timepoint [2] 3342 0
Primary Outcome 2: Twice per week for 4 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 5559 0
Competitve rowing performance
Timepoint [1] 5559 0
1 and 2 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Rowed in 2006 rowing season
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
35 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
Contra-indications to joint mobilisation
Current injury that impacts on rowing performance
Pregnant or breast-feeding

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Allocation is not concealed
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Crossover
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/09/2007
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
10
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 259 0
2109

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 2597 0
University
Name [1] 2597 0
Macquarie University
Country [1] 2597 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Dr Roger Engel
Address
c/- Department of Health & Chiropractic
Macquarie University
Talavera Road
North Ryde
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 2349 0
University
Name [1] 2349 0
Macquarie University
Address [1] 2349 0
Talavera Road
North Ryde 2109
Country [1] 2349 0
Australia
Other collaborator category [1] 30 0
Individual
Name [1] 30 0
Mr Robert Richards
Address [1] 30 0
c/- Macquarie University Rowing Club
Macquarie University
Talavera Road
North Ryde
Country [1] 30 0
Australia

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 4516 0
Macquarie University Ethics Review Committee (Human Research)
Ethics committee address [1] 4516 0
Building E11A
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Ethics committee country [1] 4516 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 4516 0
Approval date [1] 4516 0
27/07/2007
Ethics approval number [1] 4516 0
HE22JUN2007-M05303

Summary
Brief summary
Joint mobility is a key factor in determining stroke length in rowers. The aim of this project is to determine whether increasing the mobility of restricted joints in rowers by manual mobilisation can increase a rower's stroke length and consequently rowing performance.
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Trial related presentations / publications
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 28035 0
Address 28035 0
Country 28035 0
Phone 28035 0
Fax 28035 0
Email 28035 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 11192 0
Dr Roger Engel
Address 11192 0
c/- Department of Health & Chiropractic
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Country 11192 0
Australia
Phone 11192 0
+61 2 9850 6387
Fax 11192 0
+61 2 9850 9389
Email 11192 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 2120 0
Dr Roger Engel
Address 2120 0
c/- Department of Health & Chiropractic
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Country 2120 0
Australia
Phone 2120 0
+61 2 9850 6387
Fax 2120 0
+61 2 9850 9389
Email 2120 0
[email protected]

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