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Joint range-of-motion reference values (goniometry)

Source: R/normative-rom.R
romReference.Rd

Returns the packaged normal active range-of-motion reference values for the major peripheral joints (shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, hip, knee, ankle). These are the consensus clinical goniometry reference angles (in degrees) of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, as tabulated by Norkin & White, Measurement of Joint Motion. They are single reference angles (not a distribution), so use romNormalcy() for a reference / side-to-side comparison; for a stratified z-score build a GovernedNormativeReference() from a cohort dataset and use normativeZScore().

Usage

romReference(joint = NULL, motion = NULL)

Arguments

joint

Optional joint to filter by (e.g. "knee"; case insensitive).

motion

Optional motion to filter by (e.g. "flexion"; case insensitive).

Value

A data.frame with joint, motion, plane, reference_deg and source.

References

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1965). Joint Motion: Method of Measuring and Recording. Norkin CC, White DJ. Measurement of Joint Motion: A Guide to Goniometry. F.A. Davis.

See also

romNormalcy(), normativeZScore()

Examples

romReference("knee")
#>   joint    motion    plane reference_deg            source
#> 1  knee   flexion sagittal           135 AAOS/Norkin-White
#> 2  knee extension sagittal             0 AAOS/Norkin-White
romReference(motion = "flexion")
#>      joint  motion    plane reference_deg            source
#> 1 shoulder flexion sagittal           180 AAOS/Norkin-White
#> 2    elbow flexion sagittal           150 AAOS/Norkin-White
#> 3    wrist flexion sagittal            80 AAOS/Norkin-White
#> 4      hip flexion sagittal           120 AAOS/Norkin-White
#> 5     knee flexion sagittal           135 AAOS/Norkin-White