Research summary · Recovery and rehabilitation
Adding kinetic-chain exercises to shoulder rehabilitation
Twenty-four overhead athletes received four weeks of scapular stabilization alone or the same programme with additional trunk, leg, balance and multisegment exercises.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Randomized controlled trial
- Journal
- Physiotherapy Research International
- Population / context
- Overhead athletes with subacromial pain
What the publication reports
Both groups reported short-term improvement, but added exercises did not produce a clear advantage on the primary scapular-rotation outcome. No between-group interaction remained significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Limits and interpretation
The small sample leaves meaningful differences uncertain. The added-exercise group also performed more total exercise, preventing isolation of the kinetic-chain component; longer-term outcomes were not established.
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Short-Term Clinical Comparison of Scapular Stabilization With and Without Added Kinetic-Chain Exercises on Pain, Scapular Kinematics, and Upper-Extremity Function in Overhead Athletes With Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42775581DOI: 10.1002/pri.70346Reader discussion
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