The inter-tester reliability of humeral head position in junior swimmers.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the inter-tester reliability of a clinical measure of humeral head position.


METHODS
Same day repeated measures inter-tester reliability study.


METHODS
2 Western Australian Aquatic Centres.


METHODS
15 Junior elite swimmers were measured by 3 investigators.


METHODS
The distance between the most anterior part of the humeral head and the anterior acromion was measured with shoulder in neutral position and hands on hips position.


RESULTS
The humeral head SEMs ranged from 2.4 to 3.2 mm. ICCs were 0.60-0.68 in the hands on hips position and 0.49 in the neutral position. Significant differences existed between testers for some humeral head measures.


CONCLUSIONS
Humeral head in the hands on hips position measure appears to be a clinically useful tool in assessment of the shoulder in young athletes.
McKenna
Leanda
L
Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, School of Physiotherapy, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. l.mckenna@curtin.edu.au
Straker
Leon
L
Smith
Anne
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008297:Male; D010173:Palpation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013550:Swimming / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology*