Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Articles

Title

The Upright Row: Implications for Preventing Subacromial Impingement

ISBN or ISSN

1524-1602

Volume

33

Issue

5

Publication Date / Copyright Date

2011

First Page

25

Last Page

28

DOI Number

10.1519/SSC.0b013e31822ec3e3

Abstract

TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN INCLUSIVE OF EXERCISES DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE STRENGTH AND HYPERTROPHY OF THE MIDDLE DELTOIDS AND UPPER TRAPEZIUS. THE “UPRIGHT ROW” IS ONE OF THE MORE COMMON EXERCISES PERFORMED; HOWEVER, ITS EXECUTION IS NOT WITHOUT RISK, PARTICULARLY IN THE POPULATION WITH DOCUMENTED SHOULDER DISORDERS, SUCH AS SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT. IMPLICATIONS SPECIFIC TO THE UPRIGHT ROW EXERCISE ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS COLUMN AS WELL AS MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO BOTH THE SYMPTOMATIC AND THE ASYMPTOMATIC POPULATIONS.

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

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