Shoulder Pacemaker for Scapular Dyskinesia

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · Nov 1, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The scapula plays a key role in nearly every aspect of normal shoulder function. Shoulder dyskinesia or scapula winging effects patients as a result of nerve injury or muscle detachment or abnormal muscle recruitment. Patients with abnormal muscle recruitment often are helped the most by therapy but restoring normal firing can be difficult. Abnormal muscle recruitment is due to pain or weakness or instability of the glenohumeral joint and the muscles around the scapula attempt to compensate for the lack of normal firing patterns. In many patients, physical therapy and surgery have proven to...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Scapular Dyskinesis
• • Posterior Shoulder Instability
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Rotator Cuff Tearing
• • Shoulder Arthritis
• • Patients with implantable electrical/electronic devices
• • If participants are using wearable electrical medical devices, such as glucose sensors or infusion pumps, these devices will be turned off or the participants will be excluded from the study.