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Cross-body stretch improves internal rotation in posterior shoulder tightness

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August 2013

Cross-body stretch improves internal rotation in posterior shoulder tightness

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:57| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Stretching Procedures for Posterior Shoulder Tightness

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2007 Mar;37(3):108-14

Contributing Authors:
P McClure J Balaicuis D Heiland ME Broersma CK Thorndike A Wood

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54 subjects with some degree of shoulder internal rotation range of motion (ROM) asymmetry were randomized to one of two treatment groups (sleeper stretch or cross-body stretch exercises) for a 4 week duration, or to the control group that performed no stretching exercises. This study aimed to compare range of motion between the aforementioned interventions. The results showed that in comparison t...

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