different ranges of motion in children of different ethnicities

Hi,

I am looking for information on normal range of motion in children, and specifically looking at the differences in range in African and Asian children, can anybody help me with this as I can't find any info.
Most sources are saying there are no standard ROM values for children, so what do people use? Adult values? Go by experience? Functional range?

dear Sara,

I can recommend reading the following article regarding research on Dutch children.

http://download.journals.elsevierhea...7610005998.pdf

Most children in Holland are caucasian (80%), but our population is a colourful one. We do have a large number of North african, European, Caribbean, Indonesian, Turkish, Maroccan inhabitants as well.

Have a look at the following site.... http://www.psych.nyu.edu/adolph/
Karen has publised an enormous range of very interesting articles.
This one is about the differences in cultures http://www.psych.nyu.edu/adolph/PDFs/CultureChapter.pdf enjoy!

I do not know of any other publications with scores for different ethnicities as you have asked. Maybe you could take a peek at the WHO site and find more information there.

Esther