Background: The contralateral shoulder is often used as a reference when evaluating a pathologic shoulder. However, the literature provides contradictory results regarding the symmetry of the scapular pattern in a healthy population. We assume that several factors including gender and type of motion may influence the bilateral symmetry of the scapulae.
Materials And Methods: The dominant and nondominant shoulders of 2 populations of men and women comprising 11 subjects each were evaluated for 3 distinct motions: flexion in the sagittal plane, abduction in the frontal plane, and glenohumeral internal/external rotation with the arm abducted at 90°. Posture, kinematics, and range of motion were studied separately.
Results: Asymmetries are observed for motions performed in the frontal and sagittal plane but not for internal/external rotation with the arm abducted at 90°. For both male and female populations, multiplanar asymmetries are observed and the dominant scapula has a larger upward rotation. The asymmetries mainly originate in the scapula's kinematics and not in its original posture.
Conclusion: Small but significant asymmetries exist between the dominant and nondominant shoulders in terms of kinematics. One should be aware of these differences when using the contralateral shoulder as a reference.
Level Of Evidence: Basic science study, kinematics
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