A comparative study between visual estimation and goniometry for the assessment of range of motion of the shoulder joint
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Assessment, Range of Motion, Visual Estimation, Goniometer, ShoulderAbstract
Objective: to compare the use of the the goniometer and of visual estimatation to measure the range of motion (ROM) of the shoulder joint (elevation, extension, abduction, and external/ internal rotation at 90° of abduction), and to indicate the best procedure and reference measures of the ROM of the shoulder. Méthods: two professionals of the area of health with different experiences in the evaluation of the ROM evaluated 97 normal individuals of both sexes aged between 20 to 50 years, using the method of visual estimation recommended by the American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the goniometric method of Norkin and White (1997). Conclusions: comparisons between the methods resulted in significant differences for all movements. The results of this study demonstrated that differences exist between the values of ROM of the shoulder evaluated by visual estimate of AAOS and values obtained by the goniometer, suggesting that the goniometer is still the best method to evaluate discrete differences in ROM.
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