title: Correlation of psychomotor findings and the outcome of a physical therapy program to treat scapular dyskinesis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This pilot study was performed to investigate the influence of psychomotor skills on the outcome of a specific nonoperative program (scapular dyskinesis-program) to treat scapular dyskinesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen patients (group A) with positive and 11 patients (group B) with a negative outcome after physical therapy were included. To test the psychomotor skills of the patients the Motorische Leistungsserie (MLS) was used. The test results of the patients of group A were then compared with those of group B.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For 2 parameters, a significant correlation could be detected. However, due to the small sample size, a clear but statistically insignificant difference could be found for several other factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We, therefore, hypothesize that psychomotor skills testing is a potential method to predict the outcome of nonoperative treatment for scapular dyskinesis. Further investigations with a larger sample size are necessary to confirm this assumption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zurich, Uniklinik Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland. Clement.Werner@usz.ch
authors.forename: Clément M L
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruckstuhl
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zingg
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindenmeyer
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klammer
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012540:Scapula / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult