GLENOID VERSION IN CHILDREN

Computed tomographic scans and magnetic resonance images of 111 normal shoulders of children were reviewed to determine the normal glenoid v ersion in the pediatric age population. Glenoid version varies with ag e in this population, The glenoid is most retroverted during the first 2 years of life (-6.3+/-6.5 degrees) and by the end of the first deca de of life reaches adult glenoid version (-1.7+/-6.4 degrees). The dif ference between mean glenoid version in early life and mean glenoid ve rsion at the end of the first decade of life was statistically signifi cant (p = 0.0013). Our value determined for adult glenoid version agre es with previous published data in the orthopedic and anthropologic li terature. This study provides the normal baseline data for glenoid ver sion in the pediatric age group.