Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 547-551 , December 2010

Scapular kinematics and impairment features for classifying patients with subacromial impingement syndrome

  • Cheng-Ju Hung

      Affiliations

    • School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mei-Hwa Jan

      Affiliations

    • School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • Yeong-An Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yeong-Fwu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Yeong-An Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tyng-Quey Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jiu-Jenq Lin

      Affiliations

    • School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • Physical Therapy Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, Floor 3, No.17, Xuzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan.

Received 25 February 2010 ,Revised 3 June 2010 ,Accepted 8 June 2010.

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☆ This study was funded by the National Science Council, Taiwan (NSC 97-2314-B-002-006-MY3).

PII: S1356-689X(10)00105-0

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.06.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 547-551 , December 2010

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