Objective classification of scapular kinematics in participants with movement faults of the scapula on clinical assessment

Autor: Paul H. Chappell, Peter Worsley, Catherine Avril Holt, Gemma Marie Whatling, Martin Warner, Maria Stokes, Sarah Mottram
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 18:782-789
ISSN: 1476-8259
1025-5842
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.847093
Popis: The aim of this study was to assess the potential of employing a classification tool to objectively classify participants with clinically assessed movement faults (MFs) of the scapula. Six participants with a history of shoulder pain with MFs of the scapula and 12 healthy participants with no movement faults (NMFs) performed a flexion movement control test of the scapula, while scapular kinematic data were collected. Principal component scores and discrete kinematic variables were used as input into a classifier. Five out of the six participants with a history of pain were successfully classified as having scapular MFs with an accuracy of 72%. Variables related to the upward rotation of the scapula had the most influence on the classification. The results of the study demonstrate the potential of adopting a multivariate approach in objective classification of participants with altered scapular kinematics in pathological groups.
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