Shoulder muscle activity and function in common shoulder rehabilitation exercises

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 663-685

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a,b,c   Yamashiro, Kyle ^c   Paulos, Lonnie ^a   Andrews, James R ^a,d  

^a Andrews Paulos Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Results Physical Therapy and Training Center   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM EXERCISE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; GLENOHUMERAL ABDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS HEAD; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; LEVATOR SCAPULA MUSCLE; LITERATURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RHOMBOID MUSCLE; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SCAPULAR PROTRACTION; SCAPULAR RETRACTION; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER EXTERNAL ROTATION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER INTERNAL ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TERES MINOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HUMERUS; JOINT DISEASES; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 67651099085     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200939080-00004     Document Type: Review

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