Step 4

Question 1

What are we assessing at this stage?

Answer 1

movement of the shoulders

Question 2

What movements should be done?

Answer 2

Active shoulder flexion and extension
Active shoulder abduction and adduction
Active external and internal rotation

These should then be done passively (by clinician)

then resisted

Question 3

What is active flexion and extension done?

Answer 3

Ask the patient to move their straight arms from by their side all the way up to 180.
Then ask the patient to bring their arms back down to the start position
Then get them to move their arms as far back as possible.

Question 4

What is active abduction and adduction ?

Answer 4

Ask the patient to move their straight arms out laterally from by their side (abduction).
Then ask the patient to do a folding arm position (Adduction)

Question 5

What is active external rotation ?

Answer 5

Ask the patient to tuck their elbows and move them laterally (OUTWARD)

Question 6

What is active internal rotation?

Answer 6

Ask the patient to move each arm (individually) up the spine as far as they can

Question 7

When doing, shoulder flexion and extension, abduction and adduction, external and internal rotation you are assessing for what?

Answer 7

Active flecion, extension, lateral flection and rotation of the neck