What is it about?
Scapular downward rotation syndrome (SDRS) is when the inferior angle of scapula is medial to the root of the spine of the scapula rather than the vertebral border being parallel to the spine. Muscle imbalance involved with SDRS exists between the upward rotators and the downward rotators of the scapula. The purpose of this study was assessment of the pain, neck movement ROMs and joint position error (JPE) in subjects with this impairment after the scapular upward rotation and elevation exercises (SUREE).
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Why is it important?
Shoulder pain is a common problem with prevalence ranging from 7% to 67%. Normal scapular alignment is necessary for normal scapulohumeral motions. Scapular alignment is an indicator of possible altered muscle length and shoulder joint alignment. To our knowledge, there are no previous literature comparing the effects of the interventions with and without visual feedback for people with SDRS. This study has directly compared the effects of exercises with and without visual feedback in subjects with SDRS. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of adding the feedback to conservative interventions in subjects with SDRS to train their scapular region muscles and to assess pain, neck flexion and rotation ROMs, and JPE.
Perspectives
This impairment is a common situation in patients with neck and shoulder pain. I hope the results of this study help more people with this syndrome. Also, writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.
Mr Alireza Derakhshani
Kharazmi University
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This page is a summary of: Comparing the Effects of SUREE Programs on People With Scapular Downward Rotation Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, February 2019, Human Kinetics,
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.2018-0051.
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