OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature on the clinical outcomes of scapular-focused treatments in participants with subacromial pain syndrome (SPS). DESIGN Systematic literature review. Studies were appraised by two reviewers using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale, and a best-evidence synthesis was performed. DATA SOURCES The literature search was conducted in th...

PURPOSE Compare the effect of conventional static stretching and muscle chain stretching, as proposed by the global posture reeducation method, in the manual therapy of patients with chronic neck pain. METHODS Thirty-three female patients aged 35 to 60 years old, 31 of whom completed the program, were randomly divided into two groups: The global posture reeducation group (n=15) performed musc...

CONTEXT Isokinetic assessment of shoulder internal-(IR) and external-rotator (ER) strength is commonly used with many different postures (sitting, standing, or supine) and shoulder positions (frontal or scapular plane with 45° or 90° of abduction). OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review to determine the influence of position on the intersession reliability of the assessment of IR and ER iso...

Background Body posture is defined as relative biomechanical alignment of body’s head, trunk, and extremities well position the body in space. might be altered due to different musculoskeletal pathologies. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by problems including bone muscle geometry alterations which may lead deteriorated posture. However, it not kn...

protocol and continues at this stage. Finally, weeks 7 to 8 constitute complete mobilization of the upper extremity, with the goal of reaching full tension without pain or a feeling of stretching. Remaining limitations in soft tissue and joint mobility should be addressed. Therapeutic exercises include continued prolonged holds of postural muscles and plank exercises maintaining scapular neutra...

The objective of this study was to determine whether an association exists between chest expansion and scapular index among smartphone users who use smartphones greater than four hours. a cross sectional correlational analytical conducted in Rawalpindi /Islamabad community after approval from the ethical review committee. duration June 2019 February 2020. total participants were 245 (64 males 1...

The scapula plays a key role in nearly every aspect of normal shoulder function. Scapular dyskinesis-altered scapular positioning and motion-is found in association with most shoulder injuries. Basic science and clinical research findings have led to the identification of normal three-dimensional scapular kinematics in scapulohumeral rhythm and to abnormal kinematics in shoulder injury, the dev...

Context: Glenohumeral and scapular upward rotation are important factors in functional upper extremity motion. Objectives: To determine how different amounts of glenohumeral rotation (internal, external, and neutral) affect scapular upward rotation. Design: Controlled laboratory study. Independent variables were the amounts of internal, external, and neutral glenohumeral rotation. The dependent...