#2 Assessment of the scapula – with Filip Struyf

Season #1

In this episode, I discuss the scapula with Filip Struyf, PhD.  We attempt to answer the measurement error question and how this influences everything thereafter!  After all, if we can't accurately measure something it becomes impossible to prove the validity and lacks any utility in clinical practice.

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References

  • McClure et al 2009 A Clinical Method for Identifying Scapular Dyskinesis, Part 1: Reliability

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657031/

  • Struyf et al 2013 Scapular-focused treatment in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23053685/

  • Ellenbecker and Kibler et al 2012 Reliability of scapular classification in examination of professional baseball players

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22167659/

  • Andersson et al 2018 Risk factors for overuse shoulder injuries in a mixed-sex cohort of 329 elite handball players: previous findings could not be confirmed 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28784621/

  • Moller et al 2017 Handball load and shoulder injury rate: a 31-week cohort study of 679 elite youth handball players 

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/4/231

  • Wassinger et al 2015 CLINICAL RELIABILITY AND DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF VISUAL SCAPULOHUMERAL MOVEMENT EVALUATION IN DETECTING PATIENTS WITH SHOULDER IMPAIRMENT

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26346446/

  • Rabin et al 2018 A positive scapular assistance test is equally present in various shoulder disorders but more commonly found among patients with scapular dyskinesis 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.09.008
  • Wright et al 2013 Diagnostic accuracy of scapular physical examination tests for shoulder disorders: a systematic review 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091573 
  • Burn et al 2016 Prevalence of Scapular Dyskinesis in Overhead and Nonoverhead Athletes A Systematic Review 10.1177/2325967115627608
  • Plummer et al 2017 Observational Scapular Dyskinesis: Known-Groups Validity in Patients With and Without Shoulder Pain 10.2519/jospt.2017.7268