Quantitative measurements of joint mobility in adolescents.
Open Access
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 43 (2), 288-294
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.43.2.288
Abstract
Six measurements of joint mobility were made in a group of 446 normal adolescents. A method of measuring hip and knee rotation is presented. All these data are normally distributed, and would suggest that joint hypermobility lies at the end of the normal spectrum. There was a weak but significant correlation between each of the different measures of joint mobility except elbow hyperextention. Criteria for joint laxity are discussed in this age group, and the importance of quantitative techniques of measuring joint mobility are emphasised.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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