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Table 2 Radiographic classification of glenohumeral deformity (Waters and Peljovich).

From: Does preoperative abduction value affect functional outcome of combined muscle transfer and release procedures in obstetrical palsy patients with shoulder involvement?

Type I

Normal glenoid (<5° retroversion difference versus contralateral normal)

Type II

Minimal deformity (>5° retroversion difference)

Type III

Moderate deformity (posterior humeral head subluxation)

Type IV

Severe deformity (posterior humeral head subluxation with false glenoid)

Type V

Severe flattening of humeral head and glenoid +/- complete dislocation

Type VI

Infantile glenohumeral dislocation

Type VII

Proximal humeral growth arrest