Materials and methods The research included 42 water polo players aged 14-16, who train
regularly for at least five years, six times a week, and participate in national championships …

Aims: To investigate the factors associated with shoulder rotational range of motion and its
correlation with the self-reported function scale and functional assessment of the shoulder …

Background: The game of water polo has become more familiar to all the athletes and
coaches as the time has passed. It has been played as a sport for more than a century …

Background: Water-polo is the water sport with the highest incidence of injuries, with
shoulder pain being the most common one. The understanding of risk factors and guidance …

Background: Being overhead athletes, water polo players can present with muscular
imbalances of the shoulder, between the internal rotators (IR) and external rotators (ER) …

Method: Over three competition seasons (3-years), retrospective (2014) and prospective
(2015–2016) annual screening data from 76 sub-elite level water polo athletes were …

This study aimed to investigate the association between shoulder proprioception and
shoulder rotators strength in water polo players. Twenty male water polo players aged …

Background There is limited research to demonstrate how scapular kinematics and shoulder-
related physical characteristics are affected in water-polo players, who undertake swimming …

Context: Previous authors suggest that lack of strength is an important risk factor for injuries
in water polo. Hand-held dynamometers have potential as a clinical tool to measure …

Water polo is a fast-growing adolescent sport that consists of swimming, defending and
overhead shooting in an aquatic environment. The high demands on the shoulder to …