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  • Title: Comparing the shoulder impingement kinematics between circular and pumping strokes in manual wheelchair propulsion.
    Author: Feng CK, Wei SH, Chen WY, Lee HC, Yu CH.
    Journal: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol; 2010; 5(6):448-55. PubMed ID: 20925493.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The study aimed to investigate the glenohumeral kinematic difference between the circular and pumping strokes in manual wheelchair users. METHOD: This is a repeated measures design with randomised testing conditions. We recruited 10 manual wheelchair users and asked them to perform both the pumping and circular strokes on a stationary roller system. We used the Zebris motion analysis system to collect the 3-dimension glenohumeral motion data. RESULTS: The pumping and the circular strokes were similar in the starting and ending positions in the sagittal plane. However, the pumping stroke started at a significantly larger abduction and internal rotation and ended with a significantly larger abduction and even larger internal rotation, it also traveled more ranges in all three planes and stayed longer in the combined positions of rotation/flexion and rotation/abduction as compared to the circular stroke. CONCLUSIONS: The circular stroke appeared more advantageous than the pumping technique in the injury prevention prospect because the latter involved more flexion, abduction and internal rotation of the shoulder, which could add more impingement stresses to the joint. Clinicians may need to prescribe proper wheelchair propulsion techniques for their clients to avoid accumulating impingement stresses in the shoulder joints.
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