{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]],"date-time":"2026-09-23T15:09:18Z","timestamp":1790176158978,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":33,"publisher":"International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy","issue":"10","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,2]],"date-time":"2024-10-02T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1727827200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"\n Background<\/jats:title>\n The seated wall angel (SWA) is an intervention to improve upper quarter mobility but has not been described as a clinical test with scoring.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Hypothesis\/ Purpose<\/jats:title>\n To explore the clinical utility of the SWA as a test with scoring. The authors hypothesized that SWA test scores would be lower on the injured than uninjured side, improve over time, and show stronger association with patient-reported shoulder function than shoulder mobility tests.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Study Design<\/jats:title>\n Prospective cohort.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Patients diagnosed with anterior shoulder instability and referred to physical therapy participated. Testing occurred after physical therapy examination (initial) and six weeks later (follow-up). Rehabilitation was not controlled. Testing included clinical tests (SWA, passive shoulder external rotation range of motion, total arc of motion) and patient-reported outcomes including the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form, (ASES) and the Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI). The SWA test was scored 0 to 3 points bilaterally based on number of body contacts with the wall (i.e., elbows and fingertips, posterior fingers, posterior forearm). Passive range of motion was measured with a standard goniometer. SWA scores were compared between sides at initial testing and compared between testing timepoints on the injured side. Associations among injured side clinical test values and patient-reported outcome scores were examined.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Mean (SD) SWA score on the injured side was significantly lower than the uninjured side at initial testing [1.6 (1.0) vs 2.2 (1.1), p = 0.045] and significantly increased at follow-up testing [2.4 (1.0), p = 0.041]. Only SWA test score was significantly correlated with ASES (r=0.597) and WOSI (r=-0.648) scores at initial testing, and SWA test score was significantly correlated with WOSI score at follow-up testing (r=-0.611).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The clinical utility of the SWA test is supported by distinguishing the injured and uninjured sides and having stronger associations with patient-reported shoulder function than shoulder mobility tests.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.26603\/001c.123512","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,30]],"date-time":"2024-09-30T21:58:48Z","timestamp":1727733528000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Clinical Utility of the Seated Wall Angel as a Test with Scoring"],"prefix":"10.26603","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Chad","family":"Kofoed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"TRIA Orthopedic Center","department":["Physical Therapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allison","family":"Palmsten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TRIA Orthopedic Center","department":["Physical Therapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathon","family":"Diercks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TRIA Orthopedic Center","department":["Physical Therapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Obermeier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marc","family":"Tompkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TRIA Orthopedic Center","department":["Orthopedic Surgery"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Terese L","family":"Chmielewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TRIA Orthopedic Center","department":["Physical Therapy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"11","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2597","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546512459175","article-title":"Shoulder range of motion deficits in baseball players with an ulnar collateral ligament tear","volume":"40","author":"J. 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