Research Article

Thickness of the Deltoid Muscle and Location of the Anterior Branch of the Axillary Nerve and the Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery for Deltoid Injections

Table 2

Measurements of the thickness of the deltoid muscle (on the -axis) (unit: cm).

3 cm5 cm7 cm
Mean (range)

Deltoid muscle thickness0.67 (0.51–0.84)0.79 (0.64–0.96)1.32 (1.15–1.40)

SD: standard deviation.