Shoulder Muscle Recruitment Patterns During Commonly Used Rotator Cuff Exercises: An Electromyographic Study | Zendy

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Shoulder Muscle Recruitment Patterns During Commonly Used Rotator Cuff Exercises: An Electromyographic Study

Author(s) -

Alanna Dark,

Karen A. Ginn,

Mark Halaki

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20060068

Subject(s) - rotator cuff , shoulders , concentric , medicine , deltoid curve , eccentric , electromyography , physical medicine and rehabilitation , isometric exercise , pulley , shoulder joint , external rotation , anatomy , physical therapy , surgery , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics

Graduated rotation exercises performed with the arm by the side are commonly used to improve rotator cuff (RC) muscle function. The aim of this study was to compare the pattern of recruitment of the RC muscles with that of other shoulder muscles that rotate the shoulder joint during these exercises.

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