Correlation of psychomotor findings and the outcome of a physical therapy program to treat scapular dyskinesis.
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.
Werner
Clément M L
CM
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zurich, Uniklinik Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland. Clement.Werner@usz.ch
Ruckstuhl
Thomas
T
Zingg
Patrick
P
Lindenmeyer
Beata
B
Klammer
Georg
G
Gerber
Christian
C
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