Asso. Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, MGM'S Institute of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author: Sarath Babu V (MPT) Asso. Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, MGM'S Institute of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Email: sharathcrisp@gmail.com
Online published on 17 October, 2016.
To quantify the Acromio humeral distance between dominant and non-dominant side shoulder in overhead athletes.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Acromio Humeral Distance (AHD) between dominant and non-dominant side in normal overhead male athletes with arm in 0, 45 and 60 degree of abduction position.
Subjects with 55 healthy overhead male athletes were participated. Subacroimial space was measured on ultrasonography (USG) using the acromiohumeral distance (AHD), which is the shortest distance between acromion and the humerus. AHD was measured with the arm in 0°, 45° and 60° abduction.
Z test was performed to compare the AHD between dominant and non-dominant shoulder at 0°, 45° and 60°. when comparison between dominant and non-dominant side at 0° and 45° the result shows significant difference P= 0.028 (P< 0.05) and P= 0.034 (P< 0.05) respectively. But when comparison between dominant and non-dominant side at 60° the result shows insignificant difference P= 0.062 (P>0.05).
The results of this study showed a smaller AHD at the dominant side of overhead athletes.
Overhead athletes, Acromiohumeral distance
