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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedics
  • Sports Medicine
  • Biomechanics

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  • Scapular positioning and function are crucial for overhead athletes.
  • Assessing scapular abnormalities like winging requires reliable clinical methods.
  • Current assessment tools vary in their reliability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the inter-rater reliability of static, semi-dynamic, and dynamic tests for scapular assessment.
  • To identify which scapular assessment methods are most reliable for clinical application.

Main Methods:

  • A three-phase reliability study protocol was applied.
  • Forty-one overhead athletes (aged 18-56) participated, with 22 exhibiting scapular winging.
  • Ten different scapular assessment methods were evaluated by multiple raters.

Main Results:

  • Inter-rater reliability varied significantly across the tested methods.
  • Static and semi-dynamic methods showed a wide range of reliability (ICC 0.25-0.92).
  • Four methods (Upper horizontal distance, Lower horizontal distance at max shoulder flexion, Acromial distance, Winging scapula) achieved satisfactory reliability.

Conclusions:

  • Simple visual observational and quantitative distance measurement methods for scapular assessment exhibit better inter-rater reliability.
  • These reliable methods are potentially more suitable for routine clinical practice.
  • Complex measurement techniques may require further refinement to improve consistency between clinicians.