Please respond to ONE of the Discussion questions below for this week When you a

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Please respond to ONE of the Discussion questions below for this week

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1. Predict what motions would be limited if you had a “shoulder impingement” describe the structures that would be affected and how they would limit the motion.

2. Can you design an organizational chart, image or grid that would explain to your friends the difference between the muscle that move the G-H joint and those that just connect the scapula to the axial skeleton.

3. What is the relationship between the acromion process and the greater tubercle during Abduction of the G-H joint. Does the relationship change if you medially rotate your G-H joint while Abducting or if you laterally rotate your G-H joint while Abducting?

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1. Predict what motions would be limited if you had a “shoulder impingement” describe the structures that would be affected and how they would limit the motion.

Answer:

The shoulder joint possesses a group of muscles, collectively known as rotator cuff. If this rotator cuff is injured then the condition is called as shoulder impingement in medical terminology.

In this condition, rotation of the shoulder will be hampered. It results in extreme pain in the shoulder region of the body. You cannot shrug your shoulder or move it in any way.

Structures that would be affected:

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