Goniometry (Cervical Spine)

Question 1

Cervical Flexion ROM

Answer 1

0-45º

Question 2

Cervical Extension ROM

Answer 2

0-45º

Question 3

Cervical Lateral Flexion ROM

Answer 3

0-45º

Question 4

Cervical Rotation ROM

Answer 4

0-60º

Question 5

Cervical Flexion and Extension

Goniometer Positioning

Answer 5

• Fulcrum — Auditory meatus
• Proximal (non-moving) arm — perpendicular to ground
• Distal (moving) arm — in line with the base of the nose

Question 6

Cervical Lateral Flexion

Goniometer Positioning

Answer 6

• Fulcrum — In line with C7 vertebrae
• Proximal (non-moving) arm — In line with spinous processes of cervical vertebrae
• Distal (moving) arm — in line with the occipital protuberance

Question 7

Cervical Rotation

Goniometer Positioning

Answer 7

• Fulcrum — Center of the head
• Proximal (non-moving) arm — parallel to imaginary line between left and right acromion processes
• Distal (moving) arm — tip of the nose

Question 8

Cervical Flexion and Extension

End-Feel

Answer 8

Firm — stretching of the ligament structures, disks and stretching of the muscles of the posterior/anterior neck

Question 9

Cervical Lateral Flexion

End-Feel

Answer 9

Firm — intertransverse ligaments and stretching of contralateral muscles

Question 10

Cervical Rotation

End-Feel

Answer 10

Firm — stretching of the alar ligament and contralateral neck muscles