Measuring Shoulder Horizontal Abduction & Adduction
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Don in Goniometry
Loading ...Placement and Positioning
Patient position: sitting
Goniometer axis placement: placed on top of the acromion
Stationary arm placement: perpendicular to the trunk
Moveable arm placement: parallel to the lateral midline of the humerus
Normal ROM
Horizontal Abduction: 0-45°
Horizontal Adduction: 0-135°
References
- Clarkson, H. (2000).Musculoskeletal assessment: joint range of motion and manual muscle strength(2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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4 Responses to “Measuring Shoulder Horizontal Abduction & Adduction”
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hprater
30. Nov, 2010
I believe you have the numbers flipped for Horizontal ab/add. Should read:
Horizontal Adduction: 0-45
Horizontal Abduction: 0-135
Don
30. Nov, 2010
Thanks for the comment! I am sure depending on the book you use as a reference each one will have slightly different values however, based on the Clarkson text:
Shoulder horizontal adduction is 0 – 135
Shoulder horizontal abduction is 0 – 45
This can be found on page 117 of that text or you can click on this link to see another texts normal ranges which differ slightly from what we have by 5 degrees.
http://books.google.com/books?id=1jl5-XigrpAC&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=Horizontal+Adduction+range+of+motion+0-45&source=bl&ots=zDs33z5rCA&sig=vgy-FaBmyyz2jR_0bGlXyzTMi5o&hl=en&ei=s0n1TP3NCYWssAPljKncCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Horizontal%20Adduction%20range%20of%20motion%200-45&f=false
Hope this helps! If not feel free to send us an email.
-Don
John
12. May, 2011
I would suggest not using your book as a source, but the original source the book used. Common sources include The American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Medical Association (AMA), Boone and Azen, Greene & Wolf, and Gunal et al to name a few. There are some difference with measurements between them all. I think AAOS and AMA are two that are more common. If you look at the bottom of the page you have linked to, you will see that the sited references are 15 and 25 years old. Might (you should) want to find something that is a little more uptodate..
Don
24. May, 2011
Thanks for the comment. I know the link I provided was for an older book, but it was only meant to show the person above that they had the ranges flipped since I would assume they didn’t have a book on hand. It was the first one I found that you could view freely online. Thanks again for stopping by!