TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical descriptive measures of shoulder range of motion for a healthy, young and physically active cohort
AU - Vairo, Giampietr L.
AU - Duffey, Michele L.
AU - Owens, Brett D.
AU - Cameron, Kenneth L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Sally Mountcastle, PhD for her assistance with the design and conception of this project. We would like to thank COL Paul Stoneman, PT, PhD, MAJ William Loro, DPT, MAJ Mark Thelen, DPT, MAJ James Dauber, DPT, and CPT Heath Todd, DPT in the Keller Army Hospital Physical Therapy Department for their assistance with the logistics, baseline data collection, and ongoing injury surveillance for this project. We would also like to recognize and thank the members of the United States Military Academy graduating class of 2010 for their participation in this study and their commitment to serve our nation. The views and opinions expressed in this manuscript are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U. S. Government. This study was aided by an Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant (#06-024).
PY - 2012/9/10
Y1 - 2012/9/10
N2 - Background: The objective of this innovative research study was to describe clinical shoulder complex range of motion (ROM) measures for a young, healthy, and physically active population. This investigation represents a cross-sectional experiment conducted at a military academy-based sports medicine center. Military cadets with no history of shoulder complex injury were assessed within two months of enrollment in the academy; 548 men (18.8 ± 1.0 yr, 75.2 ± 12.2 kg, 178.3 ± 7.4 cm) and 74 women (18.7 ± 0.9 yr, 63.2 ± 8.9 kg, 165.2 ± 6.9 cm) participated. Descriptive measures included cross-body adduction (CAD), flexion (FLX), external rotation (ER0) with the shoulder complex in adduction and elbow flexed to 90°, internal and external rotation (IR, ER) with the shoulder complex at 90° of abduction and elbow flexed to 90° as well as arc (ARC) of IR-ER using standardized clinical quantification techniques. Bilateral and sex differences were evaluated using dependent and independent t-tests, respectively. Percentiles by arm dominance and sex were also calculated for all ROM measures.Results: Data were normally distributed. Active and passive ROM measures indicated significant bilateral differences (P < 0.05) except for ARC. Sex differences (P < 0.05) were noted for active and passive CAD, FLX and ER0 for the dominant arm as well as active and passive CAD, FLX and ARC for the non-dominant arm.Conclusions: These original data provide descriptive measures for shoulder complex ROM excursions, assisting sports medicine practitioners in potentially identifying clinical deficiencies and functional outcomes following shoulder injury.
AB - Background: The objective of this innovative research study was to describe clinical shoulder complex range of motion (ROM) measures for a young, healthy, and physically active population. This investigation represents a cross-sectional experiment conducted at a military academy-based sports medicine center. Military cadets with no history of shoulder complex injury were assessed within two months of enrollment in the academy; 548 men (18.8 ± 1.0 yr, 75.2 ± 12.2 kg, 178.3 ± 7.4 cm) and 74 women (18.7 ± 0.9 yr, 63.2 ± 8.9 kg, 165.2 ± 6.9 cm) participated. Descriptive measures included cross-body adduction (CAD), flexion (FLX), external rotation (ER0) with the shoulder complex in adduction and elbow flexed to 90°, internal and external rotation (IR, ER) with the shoulder complex at 90° of abduction and elbow flexed to 90° as well as arc (ARC) of IR-ER using standardized clinical quantification techniques. Bilateral and sex differences were evaluated using dependent and independent t-tests, respectively. Percentiles by arm dominance and sex were also calculated for all ROM measures.Results: Data were normally distributed. Active and passive ROM measures indicated significant bilateral differences (P < 0.05) except for ARC. Sex differences (P < 0.05) were noted for active and passive CAD, FLX and ER0 for the dominant arm as well as active and passive CAD, FLX and ARC for the non-dominant arm.Conclusions: These original data provide descriptive measures for shoulder complex ROM excursions, assisting sports medicine practitioners in potentially identifying clinical deficiencies and functional outcomes following shoulder injury.
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U2 - 10.1186/1758-2555-4-33
DO - 10.1186/1758-2555-4-33
M3 - Article
C2 - 22964130
AN - SCOPUS:84867673151
SN - 1758-2555
VL - 4
JO - Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology
JF - Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology
IS - 1
M1 - 33
ER -