Reaction Time and Anticipatory Skill of Overhead Athletes With and Without Scapular Dyskinesia

purpose: scapular dyskinesia is a change in position or movement of scapula, which is highlyprevalent in athletes with overhead activities. in addition to biomechanical changes in shouldercomplex, neurocognitive impairments can have a significant role in its creation. thus, this studyaimed to compare neurocognitive scores between athletes with and without scapular dyskinesia. methods: in this study, 30 athletes with overhead activities participated. caliper and sart(speed anticipation and reaction time) sets were used for assessing subjects’ scapulardyskinesia, reaction time, and anticipation skill. results: athletes with scapular dyskinesia had significantly a slower visual and auditorycomplex choice of reaction time, and a lower auditory choice of reaction time compared toathletes without scapular dyskinesia. conclusion: no significant difference was seen between two groups in terms of visual choiceof react i on time and anticipation skill. thus, athletes with scapular dyskinesia had poorerperformance in more complex neurocognitive tests compared to athletes without it.