Normal active range of motion of lower extremity joints of the healthy young adults in Cairo, Egypt

• Published in: Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy (Online) Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Abu El Kasem, Shimaa T., Aly, Sobhy M., Kamel, Ehab M., Hussein, Hisham M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 05-08-2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Adult; Ankle; Body mass index; Dominant and non-dominant side; Egypt; Gender; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Normative AROM; Original Research Article; Orthopedics; Range of motion; Young adults; United States > US; Adult; Dominant and non-dominant side; Normative AROM; Egypt
• ISSN: 2536-9660; 1110-6611; 2536-9660
• DOI: 10.1186/s43161-020-00005-9

Background
Range of motion (ROM) can be considered as one of the most commonly measured variables in musculoskeletal health care. When interpreting ROM, a common method is to compare obtained ROM values to normative data. So the current study aimed to establish (1) normative active ROM (AROM) values for lower extremity joints in young Egyptian adults, (2) compare the AROM between dominant and non-dominant lower extremity joints, and (3) compare between the values of AROM of lower extremity joints in both genders.
Results
Paired
t
-test demonstrated that there was statistical but not a clinical difference between the dominant and non-dominant ROM values of the lower extremity joints. Unpaired
t
-test revealed that there was statistical but not a clinical difference between male and female ROM values of lower extremity joints.
Conclusions
This study summarized normative data of Egyptian young adults; there were statistical but not a clinical difference between dominant and none dominant lower extremity joints in AROM and between males and females.