UQ CHECKOUT SPINE Flashcards
Clearing the spine
AROM
Resistance
Overpressure
distraction/compression
ROM GONI: Cervical Flex/Ext
Axis - EAM
Moving - base of nose
Stationary - up or down
sitting
ROM GONI: Cervical Rotation
Top of head, acromion, tip of nose
L
sitting
ROM GONI: Cervical Lateral Flexion
Axis: C7
Moving: EOP
stationary: down spine
sitting
ROM TAPE: Cervical flex/ext
Tip of chin to manubrium - take starting measurement
flex or extend, take finishing measurement and subtract
CHIN MUST STAY TUCKED
ROM TAPE: Cervical Lat Flex
Mastoid process to acromion
ROM TAPE: Cervical Rotation
Tip of chin to acromion
ROM BUBBLE: Cervical flex/ext
Top of head
T1
subtract values
for extension, move bottom bubble to shoulder so its not in the way
ROM BUBBLE: Cervical rotation
Supine
Forehead
goal post arms?
ROM BUBBLE: Cervical Lateral flexion
top of head
T1
bubbles facing you
subtract
ROM TAPE: T SPINE FLEX EXT
C7 and L1
cue patient to slide hands down legs, start by looking down
stop when pelvic tilt
for ext cue patient to look up and lift chest to ceiling
ROM BUBBLE: L SPINE FLEX/EXT
T12 and S2
ROM TAPE: L SPINE FLEX EXT
T12 to S2
Subtract
ROM BUBBLE: L SPINE LATERAL FLEXION
T12
S2
goni faces you
ROM TAPE: T/L SPINE FLEX EXT
C7 to S2 OR middle finger tip to floor!
ROM TAPE: T/L SPINE LATERAL FLEXION
Middle finger to floor, have pt slide finger tips down legs
ROM GONI: T SPINE ROTATION
axis - top of head
moving - acromion
stationary - iliac crest
ROM GONI: T/L SPINE LATERAL FLEXION
moving - C7
axis - S1*
MMT: CERVICAL FLEX/EXT
flexion - supine w GOAL POST ARMS, flex chin tuck, push on forehead
hand under head for safety
SCM, CN XI, ventral rami C2 C3
extension - prone, GOAL POST ARMS, push back of head, hand under for safety
Semispinalis, C1-C8
MMT: DEEP CERVICAL FLEXORS
Supine, chin tuck, use pinky and fourth finger to pull chin out
Longus Coli
MMT: CERVICAL ANTEROLATERAL FLEXION
Supine, goal post or hands behind head, turn away from the side you’re testing, flex neck, resist forehead
SCM, CN XI, ventral rami C2 C3
MMT: UPPER ABDOMINAL TRUNK FLEXION
5 - hands behind head
4 - cross chest
3 - beside body
2 - cant clear shoulder blades
1 - no movement
rectus abdominis
MMT: LOWER ABDOMINALS TRUNK FLEXION
5 - legs to floor 0 degrees
4 - 0-30 degrees
3 - 30-70 degrees
2 - greater than 70
stop when pelvis tils, put hand under low back
rectus abdominis T7-T12
MMT: TRUNK EXTENSION
Prone, stabilize LE**, pillow under abdomen, trying to get xiphoid off plinth
5 - hands behind head
4 - across chest
3 - by side
2 - partial ROM
Errector Spinae
