Validation of Muscle Strength Testing for Pectoralis Major

National Science Council, Taiwan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Force Measurement; Muscle Strength; Pectoralis Major; Surface EMG

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01636115

ISU-IRB-101-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study wants to understand which direction of shoulder movement and what posture of shoulder are best for the procedure of muscle strength testing of the muscle pectoralis major(PM). We will use muscle activity signals (sEMG) and force measurement to analyze the contribution of two parts of PM in three different contraction direction with three different shoulder postures.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 17 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Young male subjects which could expose the area of anterior chest to paste the sEMG electrodes

Exclusion criteria

• Injury and uncomforted one week before the test