Infraspinatus scapular retraction test: A reliable and practical method to assess infraspinatus strength in overhead athletes with scapular dyskinesis

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Merolla, Giovanni ^a   De Santis, Elisa ^b   Campi, Fabrizio ^a   Paladini, Paolo ^a   Porcellini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a D Cervesi Hospital   (Italy)

^b ShoulderTech Clinical and Rehabilitative Office   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infraspinatus; Realibility; Scapular dyskinesis; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYNAMOMETER; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS SCAPULAR RETRACTION TEST; INFRASPINATUS STRENGTH TEST; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSKINESIAS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956739170     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-010-0095-x     Document Type: Article

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