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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2014 Aug 7;44(9):646–B3. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2014.5556

TABLE 2.

Patterns of Glenohumeral Joint Angular Position*

Abduction Flexion Scapular Plane Abduction
Asymptomatic (n = 12) Symptomatic (n = 10) Asymptomatic (n = 12) Symptomatic (n = 10) Asymptomatic (n = 12) Symptomatic (n = 10)
Elevation
 Constant elevation 12 (100) 10 (100) 12 (100) 10 (100) 12 (100) 10 (100)
Plane of elevation
 Decreasing (more posterior) 5 (42) 8 (80) 0 (0) 1 (10) 2 (17) 7 (70)
 Increasing (more anterior) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0) 3 (25) 0 (0)
 Changing 7 (58) 1 (10) 11 (92) 8 (80) 3 (25) 2 (20)
 No change 0 (0) 1 (10) 0 (0) 1 (10) 4 (33) 1 (10)
Glenohumeral IR/ER
 Constant IR 7 (58) 3 (30) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (10)
 Constant ER 0 (0) 1 (10) 12 (100) 10 (100) 9 (75) 8 (80)
 Changing IR/ER 5 (42) 4 (40) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 No change 0 (0) 2 (20) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (25) 1 (10)

Abbreviations: ER, external rotation; IR, internal rotation.

*

Values are n (%) of participants demonstrating each pattern of motion.