Shoulder Muscle Activity During the Modified Dynamic Relocation Test and Side-lying Shoulder External Rotation: a Cross-sectional Study on Asymptomatic Individuals

Overview

Journal J Man Manip Ther

Specialty Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2016 Dec 14

PMID 27956821

Citations 1

Authors

Daniel Cury Ribeiro

Jonathan Shemmell

Carrie Falling

Gisela Sole

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Abstract

Objectives: (1) to compare activity levels between monitored muscles during the dynamic relocation test (DRT); (2) to assess changes in muscle activation variability over 10 trials; (3) to assess within-muscle difference activity levels between the DRT and the unloaded side-lying shoulder external rotation exercise.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, laboratory-based, repeated measures study. Thirty asymptomatic individuals performed the DRT and unloaded side-lying external rotation. The order of exercises was randomized. Superficial electromyography was used for recording the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, middle deltoid, posterior deltoid, pectoralis major, and latissimus dorsi muscles. The main outcome measures were mean muscle activity, expressed as % of maximal isometric voluntary contraction.

Results: We found significant between-muscles differences in activity ( = 14.11, < 0.001) during the DRT. Post hoc analysis suggested between-trial variability did not change over the 10 trials, ( = 18.2, < 0.001). Within-muscle comparisons between the DRT and side-lying shoulder external rotation suggested significant differences between these exercises ( = 32.37, < 0.001).

Conclusions: considering the monitored muscles, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, pectoralis major, and latissimus dorsi are the main muscles contracting during the DRT. Of all monitored muscles, supraspinatus muscle was the only one presenting higher activity levels during the DRT when compared to the unloaded side-lying shoulder external rotation.

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