Chapter 8 MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION of the THORACIC and LUMBAR SPINE ANATOMY AND OSTEOKINEMATICS The following discussion of the thoracic and lumbar spine is a synopsis of information…
Chapter 5 MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION of the WRIST and HAND WRIST JOINT ANATOMY Although Gray’s Anatomy designates the radiocarpal joint as “the wrist joint proper,”5 other authors describe…
Chapter 16 PEDIATRIC RANGE of MOTION The focus of this chapter is to examine differences in range of motion values and techniques for the pediatric patient compared with the adult….
Chapter 13 MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION of the ANKLE and FOOT ANKLE, SUBTALAR, AND TRANSVERSE TARSAL JOINTS ANATOMY The ankle, or talocrural, joint consists of the articulation of a…
Chapter 11 MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION of the HIP ANATOMY The hip is a ball-and-socket joint that consists of an articulation between the convex head of the femur and…
Chapter 10 RELIABILITY and VALIDITY of MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION for the SPINE and TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT Chapters 8 and 9 described techniques for measurement of the spine and the…
Chapter 14 MUSCLE LENGTH TESTING of the LOWER EXTREMITY TESTS FOR MUSCLE LENGTH: ILIOPSOAS Developed in 1876 as a method of measuring hip flexion contractures in children with tuberculosis, the…
Chapter 15 RELIABILITY and VALIDITY of MEASUREMENTS of RANGE of MOTION and MUSCLE LENGTH TESTING of the LOWER EXTREMITY RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF LOWER EXTREMITY GONIOMETRY Chapters 11 through 14…
Chapter 4 MEASUREMENT of RANGE of MOTION of the ELBOW and FOREARM ELBOW JOINT ANATOMY Within the elbow joint capsule are three articulations, two that make up the elbow joint…
Chapter 6 MUSCLE LENGTH TESTING of the UPPER EXTREMITY In contrast to the lower extremity, only a few tests exist for examining the length of muscles in the upper extremity….
