Chronic shoulder in physiotherapists let scapular muscular endurance for pain effect

Purpose: The purpose of our research; Scapular muscular endurance for chronic shoulder pain in physiotherapists is to investigate. Method: Our cross-sectional type of research was conducted in the 'Fizyo Savaş Healthy Living Center', Turkuaz Special Education and Rehabilitation Center and Uluçınar Special Education and Rehabilitation Center (İskenderun / HATAY) between February 2020 - December 2020. The study was conducted with a total of 50 physiotherapists without 25 chronic shoulder pain who met the inclusion criteria. In the study; Visual Pain Scale (VAS), Nordic (Scandinavian) Musculoskeletal System Assessment Questionnaire, Scapular Muscular Endurance Test and Work Stress Scale favorites. The obtained data were transferred to IBM SPSS Statistics 26 program and their analyzes were completed. (p <0.05). Results: Scapular muscular endurance of physiotherapists with chronic shoulder pain was significantly lower than physiotherapists without chronic shoulder pain (p <0.05).Work stress level of physiotherapists with chronic shoulder pain; Significantly higher than physiotherapists without chronic shoulder pain (p <0.05). There was no significant relationship between endurance duration and age, BMI, working year, working hours, number of patients and job stress score in all subjects included in the study. Conclusion: Scapular muscular endurance has an effect on chronic shoulder pain in physiotherapists. Keywords: physiotherapist, chronic shoulder pain, scapular muscular endurance