Week 12 Lab: ROM and Stretching Narrative Review

Functional activity relies on good -

• Stretching

• ROM

• Heart Rate

• Genes

A decrease in flexibility around a joint is a guarantee of decreased ROM.

• True

• False

From a disagnostic standpoint, we learn more about the true joint ROM with -

• Active ROM

• Passive ROM

• Situational ROM

• Stretching ROM

(multiple answers) The only thing we learn about from AROM is -

• contraction

• pain tolerance

• available ROM

• ability to move

Imagine you are completing a PROM test for wrist volar flexion. The patient has pain on the volar side of the wrist. You conclude that the problem is ​ (a)   tissue being the pain generator. On the other hand, if the patient completes AROM, the patient generator would be ​ (b)  

• non-contractile
• either
• contractile
• connective
• passive insufficient

ROM also affects strength, and the primary determinant of strength for a given muscle with regard to joint position is -

• connective tissue

• determination

• fast twitch muscle fibers

• functional demands

Example - Side lying hip abduction manual muscle testing:

If the hip is held in an abducted position of 25 degrees, this would be what type of position?

• Active

• Passive insufficiency

• Active Insufficiency

• Prone Insufficiency

Sometimes in order to elicit pain to a tendon with LOW irritability, we will use a position of ​ (a)   , while when testing a very strong muscle for subtle weakness, we can use ​ (b)   .

• passive insufficiency
• active insufficiency
• active
• power
• PROM
• AROM
• AAROM

We always want to utilize ​ (a)   when possible and safe for the patient because the opposite ROM is not helpful in maintaining ​MOTOR SKILL OR SENSORY. When a patient performs an AROm with substitution, we use ​ (b)   to correct the fault. However, when teaching a new ROM exercise, we START with ​ (c)   to show the proper direction, speed and amplitude when possible.

• AROM
• AAROM
• PROM

The primary determinant of the parameters of ROM instruction is ________ needs.

• disfunctional

• functional

• circulation

• elasticity