Multicomponent stretching and rubber band strengthening exercises do not reduce overuse shoulder injuries: a cluster randomised controlled trial with 579 handball athletes

• Gunnar Huppertz,
• Leonard Achenbach,
• Werner Krutsch,
• Patrick Luig,
• Florian Zeman,
• Maximilian Rudert,
• Johannes Weber

Affiliations

Gunnar Huppertz

Center for Clinical Studies, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany

Leonard Achenbach

5 Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

Werner Krutsch

3 Department of Trauma Surgery, Universitatsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Patrick Luig

2DHB (German Handball Federation), Dortmund, Germany

Florian Zeman

Center for Clinical Studies, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany

Maximilian Rudert

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, CRONA University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

Johannes Weber

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland