Patient Positioning Flashcards
What is your patient’s position for distracting the knee joint?
(2)
SEATED
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LEG HANGING OVER SIDE
What is your patient’s position for distraction of the talus from the mortise?
(1)
SEATED OR SUPINE
What is your patient’s position for distraction of the femur?
(hip joint)
(3)
SUPINE \+ LEG OVER THERAPIST'S SHOULDER \+ LOOSE-PACKED HIP JOINT
What is your patient’s position for knee joint ventral and dorsal glide?
(2)
SUPINE
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HIP AND KNEE FLEXED, FOOT FLAT ON TABLE
What is your patient’s position for knee joint rotation?
2
SEATED or PRONE
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KNEE JOINT RESTING (25 DEGREES)
What is your patient’s position for ankle (talocrural) posterior glide?
(3)
SUPINE \+ PILLOW BENEATH DISTAL LEG or FOOT OFF END \+ ANKLE RESTING POSITION (10 degrees PLFL)
What is your patient’s position for ankle (talocrural) anterior glide?
(3)
SUPINE \+ PILLOW BENEATH DISTAL LEG of affected ankle \+ ANKLE RESTING POSITION (10 degrees PLFL)
What is your patient’s position for hip joint dorsal glide?
2
SUPINE
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HIP JOINT IN SLIGHT FLEXION
What is your patient’s position for hip joint ventral glide?
2
PRONE
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PILLOW UNDER ABDOMEN
What is your patient’s position for long axis traction?
2
SUPINE
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HIP JOINT LOOSE PACKED for forearm sandwich
What is your patient’s position for superior tibiofibular joint?
(3)
SUPINE \+ HIP and KNEE of SIDE TO BE TREATED - FLEXED \+ FOOT FLAT ON TABLE
What is your patient’s position for inferior tibiofibular joint ventral glide?
(2)
PRONE or SUPINE
+
ANKLE TO BE TREATED ON PILLOW
What is your patient’s position for inferior tibiofibular joint dorsal glide?
(1)
SUPINE
What is your patient’s position for subtalar joint distraction?
(2)
SEATED or SUPINE
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SUBTALAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION
(midway between inversion and eversion)
What is your patient’s position for subtalar joint inversion/eversion?
(2)
SEATED or SUPINE
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SUBTALAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION
(midway between inversion and eversion)
What is your patient’s position for patellofemoral joint glides?
(3)
SUPINE \+ PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT IN RESTING (knee extended) \+ PILLOW BENEATH KNEE, QUADRICEPS MM QUIET
What is your patient’s position for talonavicular joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(3)
SUPINE \+ TALONAVICULAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION (midway between pronation and supination) \+ HIP and KNEE JOINTS MAY BE FLEXED
What is your patient’s position for cuneonavicular joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(1)
SUPINE
What is your patient’s position for calcaneocuboid joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(2)
PRONE or SUPINE
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KNEE CAN BE FLEXED TO 90 DEGREES IF NECESSARY
What is your patient’s position for tarsometatarsal joints rotation?
(1)
SUPINE
What is your patient’s position for tarsometatarsal joints dorsal/plantar glides?
(1)
SUPINE
What is your patient’s position for distal intermetatarsal joint dorsal / plantar glides?
(2)
SUPINE
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FOOT NEUTRAL
What is your patient’s position for metatarsophalangeal joints distraction?
(2)
SUPINE
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MTP joint in resting position
What is your patient’s position for metatarsophalangeal joints dorsal / plantar glides?
(2)
SUPINE
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MTP joint in resting position
Name the 4 joint mobilizations which can be done prone, with the one that HAS to be done prone first?
HIP JOINT VENTRAL GLIDE \+ KNEE JOINT ROTATION \+ TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT VENTRAL GLIDE \+ CALCANEOCUBOID JOINT DORSAL/PLANTAR GLIDES
Name the 5 joint mobilizations which can be done seated, with the one that HAS to be done seated first?
KNEE JOINT DISTRACTION \+ DISTRACTION OF TALUS FROM MORTISE \+ KNEE JOINT ROTATION \+ SUBTALAR JOINT DISTRACTION \+ SUBTALAR JOINT INVERSION / EVERSION
Name the 4 joint mobilizations requiring a pillow?
ANKLE ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR GLIDE - beneath distal leg
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HIP JOINT VENTRAL GLIDE - under abdomen
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INFERIOR TIBIOFIBULAR VENTRAL GLIDE - under ankle
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PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT GLIDES - under knee
