Bodyblade™ Training in Athletes with Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability.
Victor Pulido, Brent Alvar, David Behm
PMID 36793570WHAT IT FOUND
All three shoulder rehab protocols improved patient-reported outcomes.
The Bodyblade group showed better stability on a specific functional test than the mixed group. The mixed protocol, which combined half the traditional and half the blade exercises, offered no advantage and performed worse on the stability test.
Key findings
01All three groups (Traditional, Bodyblade, and Mixed) showed significant improvements in patient-reported shoulder function scores over time.
02The Bodyblade group outperformed the Mixed group on the inferolateral reach of the Upper Quarter Y-Balance Test at post-test and follow-up.
03There were no significant differences between the groups in the primary patient-reported outcome measure (WOSI).
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What it does not show
The severity of shoulder instability was unknown for participants, as diagnostic imaging was not performed. The sample size was small (37 participants) and limited to student-athletes, which may not generalize to the broader population. The Mixed group protocol was intentionally under-dosed (50% of each component), which may explain its poorer performance compared to the full-intensity groups. The study did not control for other concurrent activities or training loads outside the rehabilitation protocol.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the Bodyblade's superiority over the Mixed group as evidence that Bodyblade is better than traditional elastic band training. The Mixed group performed poorly likely because it received only half the intended dose of each protocol, not because the combination itself is harmful. The Bodyblade and Traditional groups did not significantly differ in their primary patient-reported outcomes.