NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION OF THE JOINTS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN MALE-SUBJECTS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SIDE

We measured, with a universal full-circle manual goniometer, the activ e and passive arcs of motion of the shoulder, elbow forearm, and wrist in 1000 healthy male subjects who were right-hand dominant and who ra nged in age from eighteen to twenty-two years, The ranges of motion on the right side were significantly smaller than those on the left, We concluded that the contralateral, normal side may not always be a reli able control in the evaluation of restriction of motion of a joint.