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Date Permissions Signed

5-24-2014

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Health and Human Development

First Advisor

Suprak, David N. (David Nathan)

Second Advisor

Cunningham, Wren L.

Third Advisor

Chalmers, Gordon R.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of body tilt on shoulder muscle activity and repositioning accuracy during humeral elevation to three positions in the sagittal plane (70, 90 and 110 degrees). Thirty eight subjects underwent testing in an unconstrained joint position sense task. Kinematics were measured with a magnetic tracking device while muscle activation was measured with surface electromyography. The joint position sense task consisted of subjects moving their arms to a predetermined positing in space with the help of visual feedback from a head mounted display interfaced with the magnetic tracking device. Subjects were then asked to reproduce the presented shoulder position in the absence of visual feedback. The protocol was performed under two tilts: upright and back 90 degrees from vertical. This allowed for the comparison of joint position sense at the same elevation angles but different levels of shoulder muscle activation by altering the orientation of the subjects in the gravitational field. When comparing these two tilts we found that subjects matched with greater accuracy and precision at 90 and 110 degrees of elevation when they were upright (p < 0.05). We also found that anterior deltoid muscle activity was significantly greater at all three elevation angles in the upright condition. This data, when taken together support the hypothesis that unconstrained shoulder joint position sense is enhanced with increased muscular activation levels.

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Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/0jer-tt82

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

880899502

Subject – LCSH

Proprioception; Muscular sense; Shoulder joint--Range of motion

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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