RANGE OF MOTION & CPM Flashcards
ROM exercises is a basic technique use for:
- Examination of movement (are there any deviations from normal?)
- For initiating movement into a program of therapeutic intervention.
What tissues are affected by ROM?
- Muscle
- Joint
- Capsule
- Ligament
- Fascia
- Blood vessel
- Nerve
What is the FUNCTIONAL EXCURSION of muscles?
- Functional excursion is the distance a muscle is capable of shortening after it has been elongated to its maximum.
(IN OTHER WORDS: The excursion between the point of active insufficiency and passive insufficiency)
What is functional excursion influenced by?
The joint it crosses
What Factors Can Affect ROM?
- -Joint Structure and Integrity
- -Soft Tissue Flexibility
- -Disease Processes
- -Trauma
- -Surgery
- -Inactivity/ Immobilization
What are the type of ROM exercises?
- Passive PROM
- Active AROM
- Active assistive A-AROM
What are the indications for PROM?
- -Patient can not move on his/her own.
- -Acute inflamed tissue
- -As part of examination
- -Demonstration of exercises
Goals for PROM
- Maintain joint & connective tissue mobility
- Minimize/ prevent formation of contracture
- Maintain mechanical elasticity of muscle
- Assist circulation & vascular dynamics
- Enhance synovial movement for nutrition of cartilage and diffusion of materials within a joint
- Decrease or inhibit pain
- Assist with the healing process after injury/ surgery
- Help maintain patient’s awareness of movement
Does PROM assist with circulation and vascular dynamics?
Yes
What is the ACTIVE INSUFFICIENCY position of the biceps muscle?
Actively flex the elbow, supination of the forearm and flexion of the shoulder
Where is the ideal length-tension relationship of a two joint muscle?
in the midportion of their functional excursion, where ideal length-tension relations exist.
What is RANGE OF MOTION exercise?
is a basic technique used for the examination of movement and for initiating movement into a program of therapeutic intervention.
What is ACTIVE INSUFFICIENCY of a muscle?
When a muscle shortens to a point where it can shorten no more. This is one end of its range.
What is PASSIVE INSUFFICIENCY of the biceps brachii muscle?
When a muscle is fully elongated. The muscle is lengthened full range by extending the elbow, pronating the forearm, and simultaneously extending the shoulder. (It is passive because the antagonist muscles or an external force perform this work)
What is CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION?
Passive motion performed by a mechanical device that moves a joint slowly and continuously through a controlled ROM