5
Participants
Start Date
March 10, 2023
Primary Completion Date
October 6, 2023
Study Completion Date
October 13, 2023
In-phase Bilateral Exercises of the upper limbs
"The intervention protocol consists of in-phase bilateral exercises for the upper limbs, which are adapted to different sport activities and to fitness functional exercises, organized in a circuit training. Specifically, each session will consist of 1-3 sets, consisting of 10-15 repetitions of 9 different exercises targeting large muscle groups of the upper limbs.~The specific exercises will include sports activities of basic technical skills of basketball (e.g., different types of passing, catching and throwing the ball) and volleyball (e.g., different types of passing and receiving the ball), whereas the fitness exercises will include shoulder rows, shoulder lateral raises, elbow flexions, elbow extensions, using resistance elastic bands, as well as exercises with the patients' own body weight (e.g., pushups, TRX).~The intervention phase for each participant will consist of 12 consecutive weeks, for 3 times per week, 30-60 minutes each session."
Dimitris Sokratous, Limassol
The Cyprus Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy Research
OTHER
Cyprus University of Technology
OTHER