Considering impairments of the upper limbs: concepts for self-exercise by patients with arm elevation difficulty

Abstract

It is known that the patients with shoulder disorder have scapular dyskinesia in shoulder motion, and there are many variations in scapular dyskinesia. Scapular movement is a consequence of the movements in the sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints. Therefore, we have to assess and focus on the functional impairment instead of the phenomenon. In this article, the perspectives of determining a functional impairment from the patient’s motion are presented.