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EMG-Guided Coactivation Improves Recovery After Rotator Cuff Repair

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October 2025

EMG-Guided Coactivation Improves Recovery After Rotator Cuff Repair

Vol: 307| Issue: 10| Number:76| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Favorable Clinical Outcomes After Humeral Head Depressor Muscle Coactivation Training With EMG for Patients With Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sports Health . 2025 Mar;17(2):312-321.

Contributing Authors:
C Kararti A Özüdoğru HÇ Basat İ Özsoy

Synopsis

Twenty-six patients with medium-sized degenerative supraspinatus tears status-post arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) were randomized to receive depressor muscle coactivation (DM-Co-A) training plus 14 weeks of guideline-based rehabilitation (n=13) or the same rehabilitation alone (n=13). The primary outcome of interest was pain (VAS at rest, during activity, Neer, and Hawkins-Kennedy positio...

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