Shoulder Instability in Children: Muscle Activity and Movement

Inclusion Criteria

• •Shoulder instability participants
• •Children aged between 8 to 18 years of age
• •Subjective reports of instability with additionally symptomatic instability in the clinical assessment criteria below
• •Symptomatic instability on clinical assessment in at least one direction, confirmed by a positive clinical finding (apprehension, guarding, laxity) during the sulcus, apprehension or anterior and posterior shift load tests.
• •All forms of instability including multidirectional instability, atraumatic and traumatic subluxations and dislocations.
• •Children presenting with an initial or recurrent episode of instability
• •Children undergoing current management or rehabilitation for their shoulder at the time of the study
• •Patients with surgically managed shoulder instability who have since had a further episode of shoulder instability
• •Age matched controls
• •\- Children aged between 8 to 18 years of age