A Proposal for Therapeutic Exercise Program for Shoulder Injury Prevention in Climbers

Manoela Vilarinho^1*, Emília Martinez², Hélio Nichioka³ & Thomas Pesavento⁴

¹Physiotherapist, B. S. in Physical Therapy, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo, Brazil
²Physiotherapist, M. Sc in Health Science, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
³Physiotherapist, Center at Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
⁴Physiotherapist, M. Sc in Evidence-Based Health, Obesity Center at Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Manoela Vilarinho, Physiotherapist, B. S. in Physical Therapy, Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Keywords: Shoulder; Exercise Therapy; Prevention; Shoulder Joint/Injuries

Abstract

Purpose
To identify injury risks, biomechanical demands and develop a prevention program for climbers.
Materials and Methods An electronic literature search was performed using Pubmed, Embase, Lilacs, The Cochrane Library, PEDro for the development of this narrative. The outcomes analyzed were muscle strength, mobility, range of motion, injuries and physical performance in climbers.
Results No studies on climber’s prevention treatment were found in the search. The literature provides studies of other sports modalities that developed therapeutic exercises as means of shoulder injury prevention. Based on this finding we elaborated a prevention program for climbers that approaches scapular muscles and aims for specificity of the sport.
Conclusion Based on the studies available, the exercise program for climbers encourages new researches aiming prevention on upper extremities injuries.

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