Published in the journal Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, the study demonstrates that Subacromial Impingment Syndrome (SIS) does not alter muscle onset activation patterns during shoulder cardinal movement at different speeds and loads. The study is based on Silvia Ortega-Cebrián’s doctoral thesis and was conducted in collaboration with Caritat Bagur-Calafat and Laia Monné Guasch, all of whom are lecturers and researchers from the Department of Physiotherapy at UIC Barcelona. 

 

The results of the study titled Subacromial Impingment Syndrome does not alter muscle onset activation patterns during shoulder cardinal movement at different speed and load, show that speed and load appear to independently vary muscle activation timing in a non-intuitive manner, both in people that have been diagnosed with SIS, and in those who haven’t.