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title = {The adjunctive benefits of mirror cross education on kinetic chain exercise approach in volleyball athletes with scapular dyskinesis},

author = {E. Paraskevopoulos and T. Simeonidis and C. Tsolakis and P. Koulouvaris and M. Papandreou},

doi = {10.23736/s0022-4707.21.12174-7},

issn = {0022-4707},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {J Sports Med Phys Fitness},

volume = {62},

number = {1},

pages = {98-109},

abstract = {BACKGROUND: Volleyball players as overhead athletes have the highest risk of developing Scapular Dyskinesis. The kinetic chain exercise-approach has gained a lot of attention because of its claims to provide an improved motor control and scapular kinematics. A form of cross exercise, known as mirror therapy, may enhance the effects of a Kinetic-Chain-Approach on scapular posture, upper and lower limb performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the adjunctive benefits of Mirror-Cross-Education in a Kinetic-Chain-Approach, in volleyball athletes with SD. METHODS: 39 professional volleyball athletes were randomly assigned to three groups of 13 each, two experimental, the Mirror-Cross-Education and Kinetic-Chain-Approach, and one control. Both experimental groups performed a Kinetic-Chain-Approach programme, however, the Mirror-Cross-Education group performed the exercise programme with the addition of two mirrors that allowed athletes to observe their opposite non-dyskinetic scapula. Scapular posture asymmetries in cm, the Y-Balance and the Upper-Quarter YBalance after normalizing by limb length the reach distance in each direction, were assessed before and after performing each intervention for 6 weeks. RESULTS: 3x2 two-way Mixed ANOVAs detected significant interactions on scapular posture (p=0.001) on both experimental groups when compared with the control. The Y-Balance and the Upper Quarter Y-Balance scores at both Mirror-Cross-Education and Kinetic-Chain-Approach groups showed significant differences when compared with the control (p<0.05). Overall, variables showed significant superiority of the Mirror-Cross-Education group. CONCLUSIONS: The Mirror-Cross-Education demonstrated significant effects in scapular posture and in the functional balance tests of volleyball athletes with Scapular Dyskinesis.},

note = {1827-1928 

Paraskevopoulos, Eleftherios 

Simeonidis, Theocharis 

Tsolakis, Charilaos 

Koulouvaris, Panagiotis 

Papandreou, Maria 

Journal Article 

Italy 

J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2021 Feb 22. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.21.12174-7.},

keywords = {athletes; volleyball; postural balance},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}