What is the current evidence for resistance bands for shoulder rehabilitation? What are the current protocols and is there a standard protocol?
Searches
Medline, PEDro, CINAHL and SportDiscus
Inclusion criteria:
• Studies written in English
• Shoulder complex condition
• Experimental study design
• Human participants
Exclusion criteria:
• Resistance band exercises used in conjunction with another medium
• Systematic reviews
• Book chapters
Types of study to be included
Experimental designs
Condition or domain being studied
Shoulder conditions- acute or chronic
Participants/ population
Participants must not have any systemic or neurological conditions
Intervention(s), exposure(s)
Inclusion criteria:
• Studies written in English
• Shoulder complex condition
• Experimental study design
• Human participants
Exclusion criteria:
• Resistance band exercises used in conjunction with another medium
• Systematic reviews
• Book chapters
Comparator(s)/ control
Not relevant
Outcome(s)
Primary outcomes
Protocols
Secondary outcomes
None
Risk of bias (quality) assessment
Bias will be reduced by having two assessors critically appraise the articles.
Strategy for data synthesis
-
Analysis of subgroups or subsets
None planned
Contact details for further information
Sarah Long
PO Box 167, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD, 4911
sarah.long@my.jcu.edu.au
Organisational affiliation of the review
James Cook University
www.jcu.edu.au
Review team
Miss Sarah Long , Dr Helen Land,
Anticipated or actual start date
21 September 2012
Anticipated completion date
30 September 2013
Funding sources/sponsors
James Cook University
Conflicts of interest
None known
Language
English
Country
Australia
Subject index terms status
Subject indexing assigned by CRD
Subject index terms
Humans; Resistance Training; Shoulder Joint;
Date of registration in PROSPERO
14 September 2012
Date of publication of this revision
14 September 2012
Stage of review at time of this submission
Started
Completed
Preliminary searches
Yes
Piloting of the study selection process
Formal screening of search results against eligibility criteria
Data extraction
Risk of bias (quality) assessment
Data analysis
Prospective meta-analysis
PROSPERO This information has been provided by the named contact for this review. CRD has accepted this information in good faith and registered the review in PROSPERO. CRD bears no responsibility or liability for the content of this registration record, any associated files or external websites.
