Mr. Wang Youren's Experience of Treating Scagulohumeral Periarthritis by Spinning Neck and Massage of Shoulders / 浙江中医药大学学报

Objective] Summarize clinical experience about treatment of scapulohumeral periarthritis with neck rotation and shoulder movement proposed by the well-known doctor Wang Youren from Beijing Massage Hospital. [Method] Observe the clinical treatment of scapulohumeral periarthrit, organize the related medical records and draw on the treatment thoughts and operational method.[Result] Mr. Wang thinks that there is close connection between the scapulohumeral periarthriti and neck in the perspective of pathogenesis and anatomy and physiology. It will have better treatment effect if giving the fine-tuning to the neck while treating the scapulohumeral periarthritis. [Conclusion] Mr. Wang Youren has unique clinical treatment experience in the area of scapulohumeral periarthritis, and this treatment has significant effect. Thus it is worth of spreading.

The prediction of pitching injuries of the shoulder and elbow by comparing the ROM between dominant and non-dominant side on neck/trunk rotations and hip internal rotation / 体力科学

The pitching motion requires neck, trunk and hip rotations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pitching injuries and dominant versus non-dominant differences of the ranges of these motions. The subjects were 66 high school baseball pitchers who received medical checkup during baseball classes in Kyoto prefecture. During medical checkup, physical therapists measured the ranges of neck/trunk rotations, and internal rotation of the bilateral hips. Then orthopaedic doctors did special tests such as shoulder internal impingement test, subacromial impingement test, elbow valgus stress test and elbow hyper extension test. Fourteen pitchers (21.2%) who were positive in one or more special tests were judged to require second screening (injured group). In normal group, average neck/trunk rotations toward the non-dominant side were significantly wider than rotations toward the dominant side. Average hip internal rotation was significantly wider on the non-dominant side than on the dominant side. In injured group, a larger number of pitchers had wider neck and trunk rotation ranges toward the dominant side than toward the non-dominant side, and had wide hip internal rotation range on the dominant side compared to the non-dominant side. Comparing the ranges of the neck/trunk rotations and hip internal rotation between dominant and non-dominant sides might be useful for the prediction of pitching injuries of the shoulder and the elbow.