Patient Positioning

Question 1

What is your patient’s position for distracting the knee joint?
(2)

Answer 1

SEATED
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LEG HANGING OVER SIDE

Question 2

What is your patient’s position for distraction of the talus from the mortise?
(1)

Answer 2

SEATED OR SUPINE

Question 3

What is your patient’s position for distraction of the femur?
(hip joint)
(3)

Answer 3

SUPINE
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LEG OVER THERAPIST'S SHOULDER
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LOOSE-PACKED HIP JOINT

Question 4

What is your patient’s position for knee joint ventral and dorsal glide?
(2)

Answer 4

SUPINE
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HIP AND KNEE FLEXED, FOOT FLAT ON TABLE

Question 5

What is your patient’s position for knee joint rotation?

2

Answer 5

SEATED or PRONE
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KNEE JOINT RESTING (25 DEGREES)

Question 6

What is your patient’s position for ankle (talocrural) posterior glide?
(3)

Answer 6

SUPINE 
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PILLOW BENEATH DISTAL LEG or FOOT OFF END
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ANKLE RESTING POSITION (10 degrees PLFL)

Question 7

What is your patient’s position for ankle (talocrural) anterior glide?
(3)

Answer 7

SUPINE
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PILLOW BENEATH DISTAL LEG of affected ankle
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ANKLE RESTING POSITION (10 degrees PLFL)

Question 8

What is your patient’s position for hip joint dorsal glide?

2

Answer 8

SUPINE
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HIP JOINT IN SLIGHT FLEXION

Question 9

What is your patient’s position for hip joint ventral glide?

2

Answer 9

PRONE
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PILLOW UNDER ABDOMEN

Question 10

What is your patient’s position for long axis traction?

2

Answer 10

SUPINE
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HIP JOINT LOOSE PACKED for forearm sandwich

Question 11

What is your patient’s position for superior tibiofibular joint?
(3)

Answer 11

SUPINE
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HIP and KNEE of  SIDE TO BE TREATED - FLEXED
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FOOT FLAT ON TABLE

Question 12

What is your patient’s position for inferior tibiofibular joint ventral glide?
(2)

Answer 12

PRONE or SUPINE
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ANKLE TO BE TREATED ON PILLOW

Question 13

What is your patient’s position for inferior tibiofibular joint dorsal glide?
(1)

Answer 13

SUPINE

Question 14

What is your patient’s position for subtalar joint distraction?
(2)

Answer 14

SEATED or SUPINE
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SUBTALAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION
(midway between inversion and eversion)

Question 15

What is your patient’s position for subtalar joint inversion/eversion?
(2)

Answer 15

SEATED or SUPINE
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SUBTALAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION
(midway between inversion and eversion)

Question 16

What is your patient’s position for patellofemoral joint glides?
(3)

Answer 16

SUPINE
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PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT IN RESTING (knee extended)
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PILLOW BENEATH KNEE, QUADRICEPS MM QUIET

Question 17

What is your patient’s position for talonavicular joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(3)

Answer 17

SUPINE
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TALONAVICULAR JOINT IN RESTING POSITION
(midway between pronation and supination)
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HIP and KNEE JOINTS MAY BE FLEXED

Question 18

What is your patient’s position for cuneonavicular joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(1)

Answer 18

SUPINE

Question 19

What is your patient’s position for calcaneocuboid joint dorsal/plantar glides?
(2)

Answer 19

PRONE or SUPINE
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KNEE CAN BE FLEXED TO 90 DEGREES IF NECESSARY

Question 20

What is your patient’s position for tarsometatarsal joints rotation?
(1)

Answer 20

SUPINE

Question 21

What is your patient’s position for tarsometatarsal joints dorsal/plantar glides?
(1)

Answer 21

SUPINE

Question 22

What is your patient’s position for distal intermetatarsal joint dorsal / plantar glides?
(2)

Answer 22

SUPINE
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FOOT NEUTRAL

Question 23

What is your patient’s position for metatarsophalangeal joints distraction?
(2)

Answer 23

SUPINE
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MTP joint in resting position

Question 24

What is your patient’s position for metatarsophalangeal joints dorsal / plantar glides?
(2)

Answer 24

SUPINE
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MTP joint in resting position

Question 25

Name the 4 joint mobilizations which can be done prone, with the one that HAS to be done prone first?

Answer 25

HIP JOINT VENTRAL GLIDE
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KNEE JOINT ROTATION
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TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT VENTRAL GLIDE
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CALCANEOCUBOID JOINT DORSAL/PLANTAR GLIDES

Question 26

Name the 5 joint mobilizations which can be done seated, with the one that HAS to be done seated first?

Answer 26

KNEE JOINT DISTRACTION
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DISTRACTION OF TALUS FROM MORTISE
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KNEE JOINT ROTATION
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SUBTALAR JOINT DISTRACTION
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SUBTALAR JOINT INVERSION / EVERSION

Question 27

Name the 4 joint mobilizations requiring a pillow?

Answer 27

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