Tomohito Ijiri1, Yukio Urabe2, Noriaki Maeda2, Junpei Sasadai2, Toshiaki Suzuki3. 1. Department of Rehabilitation, Kiba Hospital, Medical Corporation, Juzankai 4-2-8, Iwata, Higashiosaka, Osaka 578-0941, Japan; Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. Electronic address: tomohito316@hotmail.co.jp. 2. Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. 3. Graduate School of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Kansai University of Health Sciences, 2-11-1, Wakaba, Kumatori, Sennan county, Osaka 590-0482, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Scapular muscle exercise is important for patients with shoulder disorders. Distal variance leads to changes in shoulder muscle activation. Here, we aimed to determine whether scapular muscle activation is affected by different arm rotation angles. METHODS: Overall, 30 healthy men participated in this study. The subjects were asked to keep their arms at 120 degrees of shoulder flexion while holding a 1.0-kg dumbbell in palms down (pronation) and palms up (supination) positions. Electromyography was used to measure anterior, middle, posterior deltoid, serratus anterior, upper, and lower trapezius muscle activation during the task. The muscle activations of each shoulder were compared between the pronation and supination positions. RESULTS: Anterior deltoid and serratus anterior activations were significantly higher in supination than in pronation (p < .05). Alternatively, posterior deltoid and lower trapezius muscles were significantly more activated in pronation than in supination (p < .05). CONCLUSION: Scapular muscle activation changed with arm rotation angle. Arm rotation angle should be assessed to estimate scapular muscle activation during exercise and motion analysis in clinical practice.
BACKGROUND: Scapular muscle exercise is important for patients with shoulder disorders. Distal variance leads to changes in shoulder muscle activation. Here, we aimed to determine whether scapular muscle activation is affected by different arm rotation angles. METHODS: Overall, 30 healthy men participated in this study. The subjects were asked to keep their arms at 120 degrees of shoulder flexion while holding a 1.0-kg dumbbell in palms down (pronation) and palms up (supination) positions. Electromyography was used to measure anterior, middle, posterior deltoid, serratus anterior, upper, and lower trapezius muscle activation during the task. The muscle activations of each shoulder were compared between the pronation and supination positions. RESULTS: Anterior deltoid and serratus anterior activations were significantly higher in supination than in pronation (p < .05). Alternatively, posterior deltoid and lower trapezius muscles were significantly more activated in pronation than in supination (p < .05). CONCLUSION: Scapular muscle activation changed with arm rotation angle. Arm rotation angle should be assessed to estimate scapular muscle activation during exercise and motion analysis in clinical practice.
Authors: Kenneth E Remy; Monty Mazer; David A Striker; Ali H Ellebedy; Andrew H Walton; Jacqueline Unsinger; Teresa M Blood; Philip A Mudd; Daehan J Yi; Daniel A Mannion; Dale F Osborne; R Scott Martin; Nitin J Anand; James P Bosanquet; Jane Blood; Anne M Drewry; Charles C Caldwell; Isaiah R Turnbull; Scott C Brakenridge; Lyle L Moldwawer; Richard S Hotchkiss Journal: JCI Insight Date: 2020-09-03