Lengthening of the pectoralis minor during passive shoulder and stretching techniques: A cadaveric biomechanical study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Muraki, Takayuki ^a   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Izumi, Tomoki ^a   Fujii, Misaki ^a   Hidaka, Egi ^a   Shigenori, Miyamoto ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PECTORAL MUSCLE; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER;

EID: 64749094666     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080248     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Flatow EL, Soslowsky LJ, Ticker JB, et al. Excursion of the rotator cuff under the : patterns of subacromial con. Am J Sports Med. 1994;22:779-788.
2. Ogston JB, Ludewig PM. Differences in 3-dimensional shoulder kinematics between persons with multidirectional instability and asymptomatic controls. Am J Med. 2007;35:1361-1370.
3. Ozaki J. Glenohumeral movements of the involuntay inferior and multidirectional instability. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1989;238:107-111.
4. Rundquist PJ. Alterations in scapular kinematics in subjects with idiopathic loss of shoulder range of motion. J Orthop Sports Ther. 2007;37:19-25.
5. Warner JJ, Micheli LJ, Arslanian LE, et al. Motion in normal shoulders and shoulders with glenohumeral instability and impingement syndrome: A study using moire topographic analysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1992;285:191-199.
6. Weiser WM, Lee TQ, McMaster WC, Mc-Mahon PJ. Effects of simulated scapular protraction on anterior glenohumeral stability. Am J Sports Med. 1999;27:801-805.
7. Ludewig PM, Cook TM, Nawoczenski DA. dimensional scapular orientation muscle activity at selected positions of elevation. J Orthop Sports Phys. 1996;24:57-65.
8. McClure PW, Michener IA, Sennett BJ, AR. Direct 3-dimensional measurement of scapular kinematics during dynamic movements in vivo. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2001;10:269-277.
9. Meskers CG, Vermeulen HM, de Groot JH, al. 3D shoulder position measurements using a six-degree-of-freedom electromag-tracking device. Clin Biomech (Bristol-Avon). 1998;13:280-292.
10. Van der Helm FC, Pronk GM. Three-dimensional recording and description of motions the shoulder mechanism. J Biomech Eng. 1995;117:27-40.
11. Ludewig PM, Cook TM. Alterations in shoulder kinematics and associated muscle activity in people with symptoms of shoulder impingement. Phys Ther. 2000;80:276-291.
12. Lukasiewicz AC, McClure P, Michener L,et al.Comparison of 3-dimensional scapular position and orientation between subjects with and without shoulder impingement. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1999;29:574-583.
13. Endo K, Ikata T, Katoh S, Takeda Y. Radiographic assessment of scapular rotational tilt in chronic shoulder impingement syndrome. J Orthop Sci. 2001;6:3-10.
14. Paletta GAJr, Warner JJ, Warren RF, et al. Shoulder kinematics with two-plane x-ray evaluation in patients with anterior instabulity or rotator cuff tearing. J Shoulder Surg. 1997;6:516-527.
15. Solem-Bertoft E, Thuomas KA, Westerberg. The influence of scapular retraction and protraction on the width of the subacromial space: an MRI study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1993;296:99-103.
16. Borstad JD, Ludewig PM. The effect of versus short pectoralis minor resting on scapular kinematics in healthy individuals. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther.2005;35:227-238.
17. Burkhart SS. Internal impingement of the shoulder. Instr Course Lect. 2006;55:29-34.
18. Kendall FP, McCreary EK, Provance PG, et al. Muscles: Testing and Function With and Pain. 5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 2005.
19. Ludewig PM, Borstad JD. Effects of a home exercise programme on shoulder pain and functional status in construction workers. Occup Environ Med. 2003;60:841-849.
20. McClure PW, BialkerJ, Neff N, et al. Shoulder function and 3-dimensional kinematics people with shoulder impingement syndrome before and after a 6-week exercise program. Phys Ther. 2004;84:832-848.
21. Wang CH, McClure P, Pratt NE, Nobilini R. Stretching and strengthening exercises: Their effect on three-dimensional scapular kinematics. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1999;80:923-929.
22. Aoki M, Takasaki H, Muraki T, et al. Strain on the ulnar nerve at the elbow and wrist during throwing motion. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005;87:2508-2514.
23. Itoi E, Morrey BF, An KN. Biomechanics of the shoulder. In: Rockwood CA, Matsen FA III, Wirth MA, Lippitt SB, eds. The Shoulder. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co;2004:223-267.
24. Borstad JD, Ludewig PM. Comparison of three stretches for the pectoralis minor muscle.J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2006; 15:324-330.
25. Muraki T, Aoki M, Uchiyama E, et al. The of arm position on stretching of the, infraspinatus, and posterior of deltoid muscles: a cadaveric Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2006;21:474-480.
26. Muraki T, Aoki M, Uchiyama E, et al. A cadaveric study of strain on the subscapularis muscle. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007;88:941-946.
27. Evjenth O, Hamberg J. Muscle Stretching in Manual Therapy-A Clinical Manual: The Extremities. Alfta, Sweden: Alfta ReForlag: 1984.
28. Ludewig PM, Behrens SA, Meyer SM, et al. Three-dimensional clavicular motion during arm elevation: reliability and descriptive data. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther.2004;34:140-149.
29. Doody SG, Freedman L, Waterland JC. Shoulder movements during abduction in scapular plane. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1970;51:595-604.
30. Poppen NK, Walker PS. Normal and abnormal motion of the shoulder. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1976;58:195-201.
31. Gottsauner-Wolf F, Grabowski JJ, et al.Effect of freeze/thaw conditioning on the properties and failure mode of muscle-bone units: a biomechanical histological study in dogs. / Orthop 1995;13:90-95.
32. Leitschuh PH, Doherty TJ, Taylor DC, et al. Effects of postmortem freezing on tensile properties of rabbit extensor digi longus muscle tendon complex. J Orthop Res. 1996;14:830-833.
33. Van Ee CA, Chasse AL, Myers BS. Quanti-skeletal muscle properties in cadav-test specimens: effects of mechanical, postmortem time, and freezer. J Biomech Eng. 2000;122:9-14.
34. Crosbie J, Kilbreath SL, Hollmann L, York. Scapulohumeral rhythm and associated motion. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2008;23:184-192.