The evaluation of finger mobility in the frontal plane

The aim of this paper was to evaluate finger mobility of the human hand in the frontal plane. Active mobility of the metacarpophalangeal joints from the 2nd to 5th finger and the mobility of the thumb was evaluated on the basis of drawings performed in two variants. This method may be applied in physiotherapy. The most representative variables describing this phenomenon were chosen. The research was conducted on 424 subject (168 males and 256 females) between the age of 20-23 years. Greater mobility was detected the frontal plane in the non-dominant hand. In case of all measured variables greater values were reached by females.