Range of Motion

Range of motion abbreviation

• AROM

• PROM

• ROM

• There isn't one

Abduction

• movement away from the center (midline of body)

• toward the center of the body

Flexion

• to straighten out

• to bend

• to over extend

Adduction

• away from the center of the body

• toward the center of the body

Inversion

• turn on side

• turn inward

• turn outward

• not to turn at all

Pronation

• to turn upward

• to turn downward

Supination

• to turn downward

• to turn upward

What are the purposes of ROM

• increase circulation

• help prevent osteoporosis

• prevent atrophy/contractures

• prevent halotosis

ROM where palm faces down

• abudction

• ulnar deviation

• pronation

• supination

touching each finger with the tip of the thumb

• opposition

• flexion

• extension

• circumduction