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

Abstract

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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ORCID for Martin Warner: orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-0561

ORCID for Peter Worsley: orcid.org/0000-0003-0145-5042

ORCID for Maria Stokes: orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-0890

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