Scaption

Scaption means Scapular Plane Elevation and does not denote whether it's with an internal, external or neutral rotation. It's a term widely used in sports training, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

The term was first made public in a 1991 publication of the American Journal of Sports Medicine. The origins for the word are rather practical: Dr. Marilyn Pink was asked to give a lecture at the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on a research project she was conducting. Due to a strict clocking of presentation time, she was forced to shorten a phrase that appeared often in her lecture: Scapular Plane Elevation. Her colleague and friend, Dr. Jacquelin Perry suggested she simply convert the phrase to "Scaption", and that was how a new word was born. It simply means Scapular Plane Elevation.