Shoulder mechanical impingement risk associated with manual wheelchair tasks in individuals with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most individuals with spinal cord injury who use manual wheelchairs experience shoulder pain related to wheelchair use, potentially in part from mechanical impingement of soft tissue structures within the subacromial space. There is evidence suggesting that scapula and humerus motion during certain wheelchair tasks occurs in directions that may reduce the subacromial space, but it hasn't been thoroughly characterized in this context.

Methods

Shoulder motion was imaged and quantified during scapular plane elevation with/without handheld load, propulsion with/without added resistance, sideways lean, and weight-relief raise in ten manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury using biplane fluoroscopy and computed tomography. For each position, minimum distance bet

SUBMITTER: Mozingo JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050284 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature