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Reliability Of The Myotonometer For Assessment Of Posterior Shoulder Tightness, Caitlyn M. Kerins, Stephanie D. Moore, Timothy A. Butterfield, Patrick O. Mckeon, Timothy L. Uhl

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The Myotonometer® is an electronic tissue compliance meter that has been used to quantify the compliance of soft tissues. The Myotonometer® may be a valuable tool to measure the effectiveness of interventions commonly used to increase tissue compliance in individuals with posterior shoulder tightness (PST). Limited data exist on reliability and responsiveness of the Myotonometer® for assessment of soft tissues about the shoulder; therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the intra- and inter-session reliability and responsiveness of the Myotonometer® in measuring tissue compliance of the posterior shoulder musculature in asymptomatic subjects with PST.

METHODS: Fifteen asymptomatic …