VARIABILITY OF PEAK SHOULDER FORCE DURING WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION IN MANUAL WHEELCHAIR USERS WITH AND WITHOUT SHOULDER PAIN

摘要

BackgroundManual wheelchair users report a high prevalence of shoulder pain. Growing evidence shows that variability in forces applied to biological tissue is related to musculoskeletal pain. The purpose of this study was to examine the variability of forces acting on the shoulder during wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain.