Physical Therapy Korea (한국전문물리치료학회지)

Korean Research Society of Physical Therapy (한국전문물리치료학회)
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The Relationship Between Resting Scapular Position and Pain Level in Unilateral Shoulder Pain

편측 견부 통증 환자의 안정시 견갑골 자세와 통증수준과의 상관성 연구

  • Jung, Young-Min (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sport Science, The Graduate School, Daejeon University) ;
  • Choi, Jong-Duk (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sport Science, Daejeon University)
  • 정영민 (대전대학교 보건스포츠대학원 물리치료학과) ;
  • 최종덕 (대전대학교 보건스포츠대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.08
  • Accepted : 2010.05.06
  • Published : 2010.05.21
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the most effective and comprehensible method for the assessment of resting scapular position (RSP) and pain level (PL) in unilateral shoulder pain (USP). Fifty volunteers with USP were involved in the study. Resting scapular assessments of the patients' pain sides (PS) and non-pain sides (NPS) were evaluated. The assessment tools for RSP are: 1) sternal notch (SN) to coracoid process (CP) distance 2) 3rd thoracic spinous process (T3S) to posterolateral angle of acromion (PLA) distance 3) scapular index 4) 8th thoracic spinous process (T8S) to inferior angle of scapular (IAS) distance 5) supine measurement of pectoralis minor (PM) distance 6) standing PM distance 7) PM index (PMI) and 8) PM pain. The paired t-test was used to compare PS and NPS in RSP. Pearson correlation analysis was used to confer a relationship between the PL and RSP. The results of this study indicated that: 1) all the variables between the PS and NPS for RSP were statistically significant(p<.05) and 2) the PMI showed the strongest relationship in the correlation analysis between RSP and PL(p<.05, r=.37). Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between PMI and PL and it is suggested that an assessment tool using PMI to diagnose shoulder pain would be clinically effective.

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