Biomechanical insights into the aetiology of infraspinatus syndrome.

C Reeser, Jonathan; S Fleisig, Glenn; M J Cools, Ann; Yount, Darcie; A Magnes, Scott

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2011-090918

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Biomechanical insights into the aetiology of infraspinatus syndrome.

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Jonathan C Reeser

Glenn S Fleisig

Ann M J Cools

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Infraspinatus syndrome (IS) results from injury to the suprascapular nerve. For reasons that are poorly understood, volleyball players are at greater risk of developing IS than are athletes who compete in other overhead sports. Differences between the shoulder kinematics of volleyball-rel...

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