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Abstract
This study had three purposes: to compare the active neck and upper extremity range of motion (ROM) in healthy older women with expected estimates; to consider if right and left side measures were similar; and to determine the degree of ROM loss with advancing age. Sixty-one older women, living independently in the community, were measured at the neck, shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist on the right and left sides using a standard protocol. ROM was less than expected by 14_ to 30_ for neck lateral flexion (26.00_ ▪8.72_ on right; 26.41_ ▪7.67_ on left), shoulder abduction (154.62_D 21.37_ on right; 150.25_ ▪21.65_ on left), shoulder flexion (158.23_ ▪19.55_ on right; 159.20_ ▪8.73_ on left), shoulder internal rotation (52.92_ ▪8.99_ on right; 53.74_ ▪9.94_ on left), and shoulder external rotation (76.05_ ▪16.31_ on right; 72.44_ ▪15.37 on left). Some differences were noted between right and left side ROM. Linear regression for age and range suggested that range decreased with age by an average of approximately 1_ per year in right shoulder abduction, right shoulder flexion, and right and left shoulder external rotation.
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Jean A. Kalscheur
Jennifer R. Johnson was a graduate student in the School of Occupational Therapy, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX at the time of this study. She is currently employed as an Occupational Therapist at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, LA
Debra Stewart is Lecturer, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University and staff therapist at Erinoak Centre, Missis-sauga, Ontario. She is currently completing a MSc (Design, Measurement and Evaluation) at McMaster University.