Shoulder muscle activation and coordination in patients with a massive rotator cuff tear: An electromyographic study

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1140-1146

  Hawkes, David H ^a   Alizadehkhaiyat, Omid ^a   Kemp, Graham J ^a   Fisher, Anthony C ^a,b   Roebuck, Margaret M ^a   Frostick, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electromyography; massive rotator cuff tear; muscle activation; rotator cuff; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LIMB; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OPEN KINETIC CHAIN EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861098189     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22051     Document Type: Article

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