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Four distinct arm elevation\/depression tasks were assessed: shoulder abduction\/adduction, flexion\/extension, scaption, and a diagonal movement pattern mimicking throwing (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation diagonal 2 for flexion\/extension or PNF\u2013D2\u2013flx\/ext). Kinematic data was recorded from the spiking\/dominant shoulder using an electromagnetic system (FASTRAK, Polhemus Inc., Colchester, VT, USA); MotionMonitor v9 software, Innovative Sports Training, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The study compared scapular rotations at 15\u00b0 intervals of humero-thoracic (HT) angles, ranging from minimum to 120\u00b0. Significantly different 3D scapular kinematics were observed between traditional arm motion tasks and PNF\u2013D2 arm motion task (HT angle \u00d7 task interaction effect, p &lt; 0.001, 0.275 \u2264 \u03b7p2 \u2264 0.772). However, when considering the combined influence of phase, HT angle, task, and group factors, no differences were found between groups (phase \u00d7 HT angle \u00d7 task \u00d7 group, p \u2265 0.161, 0.032 \u2264 \u03b7p2 \u2264 0.058). The inclusion of a functional arm movement pattern when evaluating scapular position and movement in overhead athletes does not appear to be mandatory. However, these findings are preliminary and highlight the need for more research in this area.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app131910691","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,26]],"date-time":"2023-09-26T08:55:01Z","timestamp":1695718501000},"page":"10691","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A Diagonal Movement Pattern of Arm Elevation and Depression in Overhead Throwing Athletes: An Exploratory Kinematic Analysis for Clinical Application"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8209-3719","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuno","family":"Morais","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), School of Health Sciences (ESSLei), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"Sa\u00fade Positiva, Cl\u00ednica de Sa\u00fade F\u00edsica e Mental, Rua Capit\u00e3o Lebre 55, 3810-384 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Joana","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher, Rua das Po\u00e7as, n\u00b0 123, Texugueira, Bidoeira de Cima, 2415-009 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"given":"J\u00e9ssica","family":"Gordo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"FisioStudio\u2013Gabinete de Fisioterapia Ana B\u00e1rbara, Urbaniza\u00e7\u00e3o Vale da Fonte, Rua dos Costas, R. do Vale Sepal Lt. 4, 2415-567 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4109-2939","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o Paulo","family":"Vilas-Boas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP-UP), Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7389-1452","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Augusto G.","family":"Pascoal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomechanics and Functional Morphology Laboratory (BFML), Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance (CIPER), Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz-Quebrada-Dafundo, 1499-002 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.26603\/001c.31727","article-title":"Current Views of Scapular Dyskinesis and its Possible Clinical Relevance","volume":"17","author":"Sciascia","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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