Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter S S.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter R R.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter Q Q.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter P P.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter O O.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter N N.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter M M.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter L L.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter K K.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter J J.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter I I.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter H H.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter G G.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter F F.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter E E.There are no doctors whose last name begins with the letter D D.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter C C.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter B B.Find a doctor whose last name begins with the letter A A.Further high quality EMG research on scapular muscles (broader than the UT) is necessary to understand/draw conclusions on how scapular muscles react in the presence of idiopathic neck pain.Ĭopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. For scapular muscle fatigue, no definite conclusions can be made as a wide variation and conflicting results are reported. Only one study investigated timing of the scapular muscles and found a delayed onset and shorter duration of the SA during elevation in patients with idiopathic neck pain. Adaptation strategies during overhead tasks are not the same between studies.

During overhead activities, no conclusion for scapular EMG amplitude can be drawn as a large variation of results were reported. During rest and activities below shoulder height, no clear differences in mean Upper Trapezius ( = UT) EMG activity exist between patients with idiopathic neck pain and a healthy control group. 25 articles were included in the systematic review. Case-control (neck pain/healthy) studies investigating scapular muscle EMG activity (amplitude, timing and fatigue parameters) were searched in Pubmed and Web of Science. The aim of this paper was to systematically review the literature regarding the differences or similarities in scapular muscle activity, measured by electromyography ( = EMG), between patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain compared to pain-free controls. However, it is not clear if patients with idiopathic neck pain show altered activity of the scapular muscles. It is proposed that altered scapular muscle function can contribute to abnormal loading of the cervical spine.

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