Muscle activity pattern of the shoulder external rotators differs in adduction and abduction: an analysis using positron emission tomography

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• 作者：Daisuke Kurokawa ; MD^a ; Hirotaka Sano ; MD ; PhD^a ; Hideaki Nagamoto ; MD^a ; Rei Omi ; MD ; PhD^a ; Nobuhisa Shinozaki ; MD ; PhD^a ; Shoichi Watanuki ; RT^b ; Koshi N. Kishimoto ; MD ; PhD^a ; Nobuyuki Yamamoto ; MD ; PhD^a ; Kotaro Hiraoka ; MD ; PhD^b ; Manabu Tashiro ; MD ; PhD^b ; Eiji Itoi ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^{itoi-eiji@med.tohoku.ac.jp" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Basic Science ; Physiology ; Imaging
• 刊名：Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
• 出版年：May, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：23
• 期：5
• 页码：658-664
• 全文大小：871 K

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Background

The muscle activity pattern during shoulder external rotation has not been fully clarified. This study aimed to determine the activities involved in external rotation in the adducted and abducted positions using positron emission tomography (PET).

Methods

Seven healthy volunteers underwent PET examinations after performing external rotation using an elastic band at both 0掳 and 90掳 of shoulder abduction in the frontal plane. External rotation exercise was performed before and after injection of fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose, which was followed by PET examination. The protocols for external rotation exercise were identical between the 2 shoulder positions. To obtain control data, PET examination was also performed under resting conditions. The order of these 3 PET examinations was randomized, and they were performed at intervals of 1 week or greater. Each PET image was fused to the corresponding magnetic resonance image to identify each shoulder muscle. After this, the standardized uptake value was calculated in each muscle and was compared between the 2 shoulder positions.

Results

The infraspinatus showed the greatest muscle activity during external rotation at 0掳 of abduction, whereas the teres minor showed the greatest activity at 90掳 of abduction. The teres minor-infraspinatus ratio at 90掳 of abduction (mean 卤 SD, 1.21 卤 0.23) was significantly higher than that at 0掳 of abduction (0.84 卤 0.15) (m>Pm> < .01).

Conclusion

The infraspinatus and teres minor are the main shoulder external rotators. The teres minor is more important as an external rotator in abduction than in adduction.