Blood Flow Restriction Training in Patients With Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Randomized, Assessor-Blinded, Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of low-load blood flow restriction (BFR) training on shoulder muscle thickness, rotator cuff (RC) strength, and shoulder symptoms in patients with RC tendinopathy.

Design: A randomized, assessor-blinded, controlled trial.

Settings: Physiotherapy clinic at a university.

Effects of Different Frequencies of Physical Therapy Visits on Shoulder Function After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

Objective: There is no consensus about the optimal frequency of patient visits during the rehabilitation program after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR). This study aimed to investigate the short- and long-term effects of high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) visits of the patients in the first 12 weeks of rehabilitation after ARCR.

Methods: This was a quasi-randomized study with 2 parallel groups.

Recovery of the shoulder kinematics after reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

Background: There is very limited information about the changes in shoulder kinematics in patients with reverse shoulder arthroplasty. The aim of the study was to investigate the changes in the scapulohumeral rhythm and shoulder kinematics over time after the reverse shoulder procedure.

Methods: Nineteen patients with reverse shoulder arthroplasty (age: 65.

Electromyography study of six parts of the latissimus dorsi during reaching tasks while seated: A comparison between healthy subjects and stroke patients.

Purpose: To compare the excitation of the six different segments of the latissimus dorsi (LD) while reaching different distances and in different directions in stroke patients and healthy controls.

Method: Surface electromyography was used to measure the excitation of the LD segments (LD1-LD6) in 12 chronic stroke patients and 11 healthy controls during reaching tasks. A target was placed in the sagittal and scapular planes at arm's length, 125% of arm's length, and maximum reaching distance.

Theraband Applications for Improved Upper Extremity Wall-Slide Exercises.

Context: The wall-slide exercise is commonly used in clinic and research settings. Theraband positioning variations for hip exercises have been investigated and used, but Theraband positioning variations for upper extremity wall-slide exercises, although not commonly used, have not been examined.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of different Theraband positions (elbow and wrist) on the activation of the scapular and shoulder muscles in wall-slide exercises and compare these variations with each other and with regular wall-slide exercises for the upper limbs.

Shoulder-Abduction Angle and Trapezius Muscle Activity During Scapular-Retraction Exercise.

Context: Scapular-retraction exercises are often prescribed to enhance scapular stabilization.

Objective: To investigate upper trapezius (UT), middle trapezius (MT), and lower trapezius (LT) activities and UT/MT and UT/LT ratios during scapular-retraction exercises with elastic resistance at different shoulder-abduction angles.

Design: Descriptive laboratory study.

Tender point examination with palpation in different shoulder pathologies: A retrospective study.

Background: Shoulder pain is a common symptom for non-traumatic shoulder pathologies and affects 4.7-66.7% of entire population.

The repeatability of 3-dimensional scapular kinematic analysis during bilateral upper extremity movements.

Although three-dimensional electromagnetic systems are widely used to evaluate the 3-dimensional scapular kinematics their reliability when testing bilateral upper extremity tasks is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the repeatability of the scapular kinematic analyses using the Flock of Birds (FOB) system during bilateral upper extremity movements. Twenty-one volunteers without shoulder problems were included (aged 24.

Trapezius muscle activation levels and ratios during scapular retraction exercises: A comparative study between patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and healthy controls.

Background: Little is known about trapezius muscle activities during scapular retraction exercises in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome. The aim of this study was to compare upper trapezius, middle trapezius and lower trapezius muscle activity and upper/middle and upper/lower trapezius ratios between patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and healthy individuals during six scapular retraction exercises.

Methods: Twenty-two patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and 22 healthy individuals participated.

Shoulder kinematics and mobility adaptations in water-polo players.

Background: There is limited research to demonstrate how scapular kinematics and shoulder-related physical characteristics are affected in water-polo players, who undertake swimming and repetitive throwing activity. The aim of this study was to investigate possible adaptations in the three-dimensional scapular kinematics and in glenohumeral internal rotation, external rotation range of motion and shoulder posterior-capsule tightness in water-polo players.

Methods: Fourteen water-polo players and 14 asymptomatic volunteers participated in the study.