Journal article
Shoulder position sense during passive matching and active positioning tasks in individuals with anterior shoulder instability
Physical therapy, Vol.92(4), pp.563-573
04/2012
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110236
PMID: 22228608
Abstract
Altered neuromuscular control due to compromised joint position sense may contribute to recurrent shoulder instability.
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether individuals with anterior shoulder instability exhibit larger shoulder position sense errors than those with healthy shoulders in both passive matching and active positioning.
This was a between-groups study with repeated measures.
Ten people with anterior shoulder instability and 15 people with healthy shoulders participated in the study. Shoulder position sense was examined with 3 different protocols (passive motion to remembered shoulder rotation angles and active shoulder abduction and rotation to verbally specified positions) in positions of both mid-range and end-range of motion.
Participants with unstable shoulders exhibited significantly larger errors (by 1.8° on average) in perception of shoulder position compared with those with healthy shoulders during passive matching. During active positioning, participants with unstable shoulders were able to voluntarily move the shoulder to verbally specified angles as accurately as those with healthy shoulders in both abduction (0.85° difference) and rotation (0.99° difference) tasks.
Results of this study indicate that people with unstable shoulders can perceive shoulder angles as accurately as people with healthy shoulders in activities with voluntary arm movements. Compared with passive matching, better information from muscle spindles and other sources during voluntary arm movements may compensate for the potential joint position sense deficits after the injury. Therefore, individuals with an unstable shoulder may have adequate neuromuscular control to engage proper protective mechanisms to stabilize the shoulder joint during functional activities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Shoulder position sense during passive matching and active positioning tasks in individuals with anterior shoulder instability
- Creators
- You-jou Hung - Angelo State UniversityWarren G Darling - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical therapy, Vol.92(4), pp.563-573
- DOI
- 10.2522/ptj.20110236
- PMID
- 22228608
- ISSN
- 0031-9023
- eISSN
- 1538-6724
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2012
- Academic Unit
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science; Health and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984259402402771
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