Joint angle

What is the angle of knee flexion ?

How many degrees of dorsiflexion is represented in the photo?

What is the name of the instrument used to measure a person's joint range of motion (ROM).

• Goniometer
• Stethoscope
• Thermometer
• Barometer

Match the best description to the following term: ROM

• occurs when the ligaments around the joint are overstretched

• the muscle being stretched

• the amount of movement you can produce in a joint

• the muscle opposite the muscle being stretched

• unusually large range of motion in certain joints

Match the best description to the following term: static stretching

• stretch caused by the contraction of your own antagonist muscles

• involves contracting the muscle before you stretch it to help the muscle relax so that it can be more easily stretched

• a series of quick, but gentle, bouncing or bobbing motions that are not held for a long time

• stretching slowly as far as you can without pain until you feel a sense of pulling or tension, then holding the stretch for several seconds

• requires an assist from an external source such as gravity, a partner, or some other source

What is the name of the visible process used as a landmark when measuring ankle dorsiflexion?

• Tibialis Anterior
• Lateral Malleolus

• Soleus
• Peroneus Longus

When you are measuring hip flexion. Which bone do you line up the stationary arm of the goniometer with?

• Femur
• Tibia
• Fibula
• Humerus

Describe foot eversion?

• Rotation of the foot inwards
• Movement of the foot upwards
• Rotation of the foot outwards
• Movement of the foot downwards

Which two bones from the knee joint?

• Femur and Tibia
• Femur and Humerus
• Radius and Ulna
• Scapula and Clavicle

What is the difference in angles between the top picture and the bottom picture?

• 10 degrees

• 4 degrees

• 12 degrees

• 8 degrees