title: The inter-tester reliability of humeral head position in junior swimmers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, School of Physiotherapy, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. l.mckenna@curtin.edu.au
authors.forename: Leanda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Straker
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: 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*