ROM Flashcards
amount of joint motion attained by voluntary joint motion
AROM
amount of joint motion attained by an examiner without any assistance from client
PROM
4 things ROM may be limited due to
- weakness
- pain
- edema
- restricted joint mobility
7 things ROM provides info regarding
- strength
- coordination
- willingness to move
- ability to follow directions
- level of consciousness
- attention span
- joint ROM
PROM provides info about (2)
- integrity of art surfaces
2. extensibility of capsule, ligs, muscles
always stabilize _________ component
proximal
if a joint doesn’t need to be measured, ROM may be recorded as:
full, WFLs, WNLs
usually _____ is recorded before ______
PROM, AROM
intertester reliability is always _____ than intratester reliability
lower
what types of joints are more reliable?
hinge
3 things that affect reliability
- joint
- motion
- test position
when testing ROM, you want to _______ proximal body parts
stabilize
4 factors affecting measuring ROM
- pathology
- fear
- age
- gender
9 precautions for ROM
- inflammation
- meds (muscle relaxers or pain meds)
- osteoporosis
- hypermobility
- pain
- hemophilia
- hematoma
- post injury
- cervical sprain
formation of bone tissue after traumatic injury to the area
myositis ossificans
3 normal physiological end feels and examples of each
- soft - knee flexion
- firm - SLR
- hard - elbow extension
soft end feel denotes
soft tissue approximation
firm end feel denotes
muscular, capsular, or ligamentous stretch
hard end feel denotes
bone contacting bone
occurs sooner or later in range than usual or in joint that normally has hard or firm end feel AND example
abnormal soft end feel
- joint effusion
occurs sooner or later in range than usual, or in a joint that normally has a soft or hard end feel AND example
abnormal firm end feel
- capsule tightness
bony grating or bony block is felt AND example
abnormal hard end feel
- fracture