Palpation tests versus impingement tests in Neer stage I and II subacromial impingement syndrome.

Purpose: Using sonographic findings to test the diagnostic accuracy of impingement versus tendon palpation tests in Neer stage I and II subacromial impingement syndrome cases and examine their clinical potential.

Methods: Neer and Hawkins impingement tests and rotator cuff tendon palpation tests followed by bilateral shoulder sonography were conducted on 69 patients with a clinical diagnosis of unilateral subacromial impingement.

Results: The Neer and Hawkins tests had 74 and 62 % accuracy (sensitivity 80 and 67 %, and specificity 52 and 47 %, respectively) in comparison to 79 and 62 % accuracy rates for supraspinatus and biceps tendon palpation tests (sensitivity 92 and 41 %, and specificity 41 and 48 %, respectively).

The effects of jump-rope training on shoulder isokinetic strength in adolescent volleyball players.

Objective: To investigate the effect of a 12-wk weighted-jump-rope training program on shoulder strength.

Design: Pretest to posttest experimental design.

Setting: University sports physiotherapy laboratory.

The effect on neuromuscular stability, performance, multi-joint coordination and proprioception of barefoot, taping or preventative bracing.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of taping and preventive bracing on functional balance, jumping performance, multi-joint coordination and proprioception on comparison to barefoot and each other.

Design: Controlled trial as an experiment with the independent variable testing in 3 trials: control (barefooted), preventive bracing, and taping.

Setting: The sports physiotherapy research laboratory.

Rehabilitation and shoulder function after suprascapular nerve entrapment operation in a volleyball player.

The purpose of this report was to determine a detailed description of a rehabilitation programme of a volleyball player who had a decompression surgery for suprascapular nerve entrapment and to expose the long-term functional outcomes which lead to successful results.