The effect of gender on range of  motion (ROM) for knee joint

F.Hasan, Fatehiya; Khalid Ibrahim, Elham

	The effect of gender on range of motion (ROM) for knee joint
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 181, 2012, Pages 112-120
Authors
Fatehiya F.Hasan; Elham Khalid Ibrahim
Abstract
This study was distinguished there is a difference between male and female knee range of motion (ROM). Participants were grouped according to injured and non-injured knees within their gender mostly from ages 15-25 years. A goniometer is used to measure range of motion (in degree) of knee joint. The measurements in this study included the comparison of knee ROM in male injured, male non-injured, females injured, and female non-injured participants.. This results showed that injured females have a more decreased motion of flexion while injured males had a more decreased motion of extension , that compared to a normal ROM of flexion of 140º and an extension of 0º. The results showed non-injured females to have an average flexion of 122.7100º and injured females to have an average flexion of 116.0000 and an average extension 2.1200º. The non-injured males to have an average flexion of 125.4500º and the injured males of our study had a flexion average of 126.5550º and average extension of 2.0730º. The difference between non-injured females and injured females was 6.71º of flexion and the difference between non-injured males and injured males was 1.105º of flexion. When comparing injured males to injured females there was a difference of 10.555º of flexion and 0.047º of extension. These results suggest that injured females have a more decreased flexion while injured males have a more decreased extension.

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