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Comparison of Distance of Subacromial Space Using Ultrasonographic Measurement on Arm Positions of Shoulder Injured Patients  

Jee, Eun-Mi (Department of Physical Therapy, Woory Pain Clinic)
Kim, Suhn-Yeop (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Natural Science, Daejeon University)
Park, Ji-Whan (Department of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Science College)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine / v.6, no.4, 2011 , pp. 397-406 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : Recently ultrasound images has been used to measure the subacromial space with a linear measurement of the acromiohumeral distance. The purpose of this study was to comparison of distance of subacromial space using ultrasonographic measurement on arm positions of shoulder injured patients. Methods : The subjects were 30 shoulder injured patients (19 males and 11 females). Ultrasonography was performed to measure subacromial space during each shoulder resting position, $45^{\circ}$ abduction, internal rotation with $45^{\circ}$ abduction and external rotation with $45^{\circ}$ abduction. Results : Subacromial space was a significantly difference between injured arm and normal arm at shoulder resting position. At $45^{\circ}$ abduction, subacromial space was narrowing significantly between injured arm and normal arm. At external rotation with $45^{\circ}$ abduction, subacromial space were wider in normal arm than in injured arm but it was not significantly. Intra-observer reliability for ultrasonography measurement of subacromial distance was excellent (.96~.99). Conclusion : These results identified that positions of injured shoulder was related to subacromion space.
Keywords
Shoulder Pain; Subacromial space; Ultrasound imaging;
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