Scapular Muscle Tests in Subjects With Shoulder Pain and Functional Loss: Reliability and Construct Validity

• Published in: Physical therapy Vol. 85; no. 11; pp. 1128 - 1138
• Main Authors: Michener, Lori A, Boardman, N Douglas, Pidcoe, Peter E, Frith, Angela M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physical Therapy Association 01.11.2005; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Aged; Care and treatment; Electromyography; Evidence-Based Medicine; Exercise Therapy - methods; Female; Human performance; Humans; Isometric Contraction; Joint Instability - complications; Male; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Medical screening; Methods; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Muscular system; Musculoskeletal Manipulations - methods; Musculoskeletal Manipulations - standards; Observer Variation; Pain; Physical Examination - methods; Physical Examination - standards; Physical therapy; Range of Motion, Articular; Reliability; Rotator Cuff Injuries; Scapula; Severity of Illness Index; Shoulder; Shoulder Impingement Syndrome - complications; Shoulder Joint - injuries; Shoulder Pain - diagnosis; Shoulder Pain - etiology; Shoulder Pain - physiopathology; Shoulder Pain - rehabilitation; Therapeutics, Physiological; Time Factors; Validity; United States

Background and Purpose. Scapular muscle performance evaluated with a handheld dynamometer (HHD) has been investigated only in people without shoulder dysfunction for test-retest reliability of data obtained with a single scapular muscle test. The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability,...