An Electromyographic Assessment of the "Bear Hug": An Examination for the Evaluation of the Subscapularis Muscle

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1265-1270

  Chao, Simon ^a   Thomas, Stephen ^c   Yucha, David ^a   Kelly IV, John D ^a   Driban, Jeff ^b   Swanik, Kathleen ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rotator cuff; Shoulder examination; Subscapularis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEAR HUG TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SHOULDER FLEXION; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54149112926     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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