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Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study
BACKGROUND: Assessment of three-dimensional kinematics and electromyography (EMG) activities is common in patients with chronic neck pain. However, the effect of hand dominance and neck pain location on the measurement of movement and EMG characteristics is still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-267 |
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author | Shih, Yi-Fen Kao, Yi-Hsuan |
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description | BACKGROUND: Assessment of three-dimensional kinematics and electromyography (EMG) activities is common in patients with chronic neck pain. However, the effect of hand dominance and neck pain location on the measurement of movement and EMG characteristics is still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of neck pain location and arm dominance on the scapular kinematics and muscle EMG activities in patients with chronic neck pain. METHODS: Thirty subjects (10 males, 20 females; mean age (sd): 38 (11.9) years) with chronic neck pain for more than 3 months were recruited. The scapular kinematics and EMG activity of the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles were measured during the bilateral arm elevation task. The three-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine the effect of neck pain location and hand dominance on the measurement of kinematics and EMG muscle activities. RESULTS: The movement of scapular posterior tilt was significantly influenced by arm dominance (P = 0.001) and by the interaction of arm dominance and elevation angle (P = 0.002). The movement of scapular upward/downward rotation was affected by the interaction of arm dominance and elevation angle (P = 0.02). The location of pain did not show any significant influence on the scapular movement and muscle activities. CONCLUSIONS: Hand dominance could have an influence on the scapular kinematics, which should be taken into consideration when describing and comparing neuromuscular characteristics in individuals with chronic neck pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-32522942012-01-06 Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study Shih, Yi-Fen Kao, Yi-Hsuan BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Assessment of three-dimensional kinematics and electromyography (EMG) activities is common in patients with chronic neck pain. However, the effect of hand dominance and neck pain location on the measurement of movement and EMG characteristics is still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of neck pain location and arm dominance on the scapular kinematics and muscle EMG activities in patients with chronic neck pain. METHODS: Thirty subjects (10 males, 20 females; mean age (sd): 38 (11.9) years) with chronic neck pain for more than 3 months were recruited. The scapular kinematics and EMG activity of the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles were measured during the bilateral arm elevation task. The three-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to examine the effect of neck pain location and hand dominance on the measurement of kinematics and EMG muscle activities. RESULTS: The movement of scapular posterior tilt was significantly influenced by arm dominance (P = 0.001) and by the interaction of arm dominance and elevation angle (P = 0.002). The movement of scapular upward/downward rotation was affected by the interaction of arm dominance and elevation angle (P = 0.02). The location of pain did not show any significant influence on the scapular movement and muscle activities. CONCLUSIONS: Hand dominance could have an influence on the scapular kinematics, which should be taken into consideration when describing and comparing neuromuscular characteristics in individuals with chronic neck pain. BioMed Central 2011-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3252294/ /pubmed/22111883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-267 Text en Copyright ©2011 Shih and Kao; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Shih, Yi-Fen Kao, Yi-Hsuan Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title | Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title_full | Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title_fullStr | Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title_short | Influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and EMG activities: an exploratory study |
title_sort | influence of pain location and hand dominance on scapular kinematics and emg activities: an exploratory study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-267 |
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