Scapular positioning and motor control in children and adults: A laboratory study using clinical measures

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Struyf, Filip ^a,b   Nijs, Jo ^a,b   Horsten, Stijn ^a   Mottram, Sarah ^c   Truijen, Steven ^a   Meeusen, Romain ^b  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Kinetic Control   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Scapula; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETIC MEDIAL ROTATION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 79551572717     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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