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Table 2 In Vitro Positions of the Glenohumeral Joint for the Strain Measurement of Coracohumeral Ligament and Significant Corresponding In Vivo Stretching Positions of the Shoulder

From: Stretching positions for the coracohumeral ligament: Strain measurement during passive motion using fresh/frozen cadaver shoulders

  

-10° Ext. Rot.

0° Ext. Rot.

10° Ext. Rot.

20° Ext. Rot.

30° Ext. Rot.

40° Ext. Rot.

50° Ext. Rot.

Maximal rotation

Elevation

0

0

0

0

2.75(3.17)

5.68(2.16)*

7.27(1.47)*

7.87(1.18)*

 

30°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

60°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Flexion

30°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

60°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Abduction

30°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

60°

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Extension

30°

0

0

0

0

0.43(2.51)

3.04(1.34)

4.20(1.65)*

4.79(1.67)*

 

30° + Add.

0

0

1.57(3.65)

2.65(3.23)

4.09(3.23)*

4.67(3.40)*

4.78(4.42)*

5.05(5.20)*

  1. ER, external rotation; Add, Adduction.