2020年7月30日 · There has been some interesting research in recent years looking at certain groups of people with “overactive upper fibres of trapezius (UFT)” causing pain either in the shoulder, mid back or neck.

2013年4月9日 · The Upper Trapezius/Traps muscle is one such structure that gets an awful lot of blame for many things, but rather unfairly and incorrectly in my opinion. I regularly hear physio’s telling patients that their Upper Traps are too tight or too ‘over active’ and the reason they have neck or shoulder pain.

2009年5月1日 · Surface electromyography (EMG) to measure activity in the upper (UFT) and lower (LFT) fibres of trapezius during repeated humeral elevation in the scapular plane. Symptomatic subjects demonstrated a significantly (95% CI 2.13 to 4.17, p = 0.019) higher ratio of UFT:LFT activity than the asymptomatic subjects (95% CI 1.35 to 2.25).

UFT in Medical commonly refers to the Upper Trapezius, a muscle located in the upper back that plays a crucial role in shoulder movement and stability. This muscle is essential for various physical activities, contributing to the overall function of the shoulder girdle.

To add to this, patients get sore upper traps, and can be adamant that they need regular massage of their upper fibres of trapezius (UFT). We seem to have plenty of evidence that we need to decrease UFT muscle activity, and help this by providing exercises to …

Main outcome measures: Surface electromyography (EMG) to measure activity in the upper (UFT) and lower (LFT) fibres of trapezius during repeated humeral elevation in the scapular plane. Results: Symptomatic subjects demonstrated a significantly (95% CI 2.13 to 4.17, p=0.019) higher ratio of UFT:LFT activity than the asymptomatic subjects (95% ...

Why is initial activation of the UFT important in shoulder elevation movements? Why should patients with rotator cuff tears or stiff & painful shoulders use upper traps more with their movements? How can we incorporate UFT strengthening into our shoulder strengthening?

The Upper Fibres of Trapezius (UFT) – which originates from the spinous processes and ligaments of the neck and proceeds downward and outward to be inserted into the back border of the collar bone. An injury to the ACJ can easily cause a protective strain of the UFT or you can have an UFT strain without any ACJ involvement causing your symptoms.

Palpation during resisted active dorsiflexion ensured that the TA muscle belly had been found. We selected the UFT point because many people, following traumatic neck injury, report that their symptoms are in the area of the base of the neck and because this is an easily identifiable landmark for testing local pain threshold.

2015年3月30日 · All of these issues and more are caused by arguably the most common compensation of all – “overactive” upper trapezius (or traps). The upper trap extends from ligaments near the first six cervical vertebrae to the top of your shoulder.