I am stealing and attaching a very important paper at the end of my rant.
The misunderstanding of kinematic chains by EVERYONE in exercise, physiotherapy, and orthopedics for nearly a century is alarming. Trainers and physiotherapists share the largest portion of the responsibility due to their primary focus on movement. However, orthopedics have not identified the problem either! On the contrary, the two worst papers written on the subject have been written by orthopedics.
Check them out:
The worst
The second worst
My letter to the journal that published the worst
Butler and Major tried to address this misunderstanding with a tactful paper published in 2003. However, over two decades later, their work seems to have gone largely unnoticed. Ironically and hilariously, recognition of their work comes from the second worst paper on the subject, which references their work without evidently having comprehended its contents.
FD
logifit.gr
Apr. 2024
Please read the important but unnoticed paper by Butler and Major, “The missing link? Therapy issues of open and closed chains”