Objective classification of scapular kinematics in participants with movement faults of the scapula on clinical assessment

Martin B. Warner, Gemma Whatling, Peter R. Worsley, Sarah Mottram, Paul H. Chappell, Catherine A. Holt and Maria J. Stokes

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015, vol. 18, issue 7, 782-789

Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the potential of employing a classification tool to objectively classify participants with clinically assessed movement faults (MFs) of the scapula. Six participants with a history of shoulder pain with MFs of the scapula and 12 healthy participants with no movement faults (NMFs) performed a flexion movement control test of the scapula, while scapular kinematic data were collected. Principal component scores and discrete kinematic variables were used as input into a classifier. Five out of the six participants with a history of pain were successfully classified as having scapular MFs with an accuracy of 72%. Variables related to the upward rotation of the scapula had the most influence on the classification. The results of the study demonstrate the potential of adopting a multivariate approach in objective classification of participants with altered scapular kinematics in pathological groups.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.847093

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