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10 Sep2014

10 September 2014.

Written by Willem-Paul Wiertz
Posted in Shoulder

 

Written by Willem-Paul Wiertz10-09-2014 08:00:00. Posted in Shoulder

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EMG response of shoulder muscles to acute subacromial pain

Changes in activation levels of the force couples acting on the scapulothoracic and glenohumeral joint are assumed to be either the cause or the consequence of subacromial pain (SAP). Via experimentally-induced pain, this study attempted to investigate the effects of SAP on EMG variables of periscapular and glenohumeral muscles in the concentric and the eccentric phase of an arm elevation task.

20 healthy subjects performed an arm elevation task in the scapular plane in two conditions: 1) with SAP, induced by a hypertonic saline injection; and 2) in a pain free control situation. Fine wire and surface EMG were used to record muscle activity of the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, deltoid, serratus anterior and upper and lower trapezius.

No significant differences in activation levels between the SAP and control condition in the concentric phase; during the 60 to 30 degrees of elevation during the eccentric phase of the exercise, a significant increase in serratus anterior and deltoid activity and a significant decrease in infraspinatus activity were present. Possibly adding external load in the exercise would have elicited more distinct activation patterns.

> From: Sole et al., Man Ther 19 (2014) 343-348. All rights reserved to Elsevier Ltd.. Click here for the Pubmed summary.
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Tags: Shoulder, EMG, disorders, Subacromial pain, Muscle activation levels, Glenohumeral muscles, Periscapular muscles, Force couples

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