ABSTRACT
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The patient stands or sits with the lateral aspect of the injured arm against the image receptor, and the shoulder is adjusted so that the axilla is in the centre of the receptor.
The unaffected shoulder is raised to make the angle between the trunk and the receptor approximately 60 degrees. A line joining the medial and lateral borders of the scapula is now at right angles to the receptor.
The image receptor is positioned to include the superior and inferior borders of the scapula.
