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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sci Med Sport. 2007 Jun 26;11(3):257–263. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.05.005

Table 3.

Gender specific percentage of athletes who demonstrated positive laxity scores at each of the tested joints.

Pre-Pubertal Pubertal Post-Pubertal
Male (%) Female (%) Male (%) Female (%) Male (%) Female (%)
Finger 12.5 33.9 11.1 27.2 6.1 34.9
Elbow 15.6 8.1 10.0 23.5 5.3 21.3
Thumb 53.1 40.3 28.9 59.6 32.6 57.1
Knee 0.0 14.5 10.0 27.9 15.2 24.1
Palms to Floor 3.1 6.5 4.4 19.1 12.1 26.7