ENS 303 Chapter 5 : ENS 303 - Reading Notes - Joints Part 2
2 Feb 2019
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Range of motion (rom): amount of movement of a joint and is often expressed in degrees. Elasticity of your joint capsules and surrounding the ligaments. Injury and any subsequent guarding against pain can limit motion as can age, genetics, and gender. Active rom: degree of movement that a client can produce using his or her own strength and volition. Example of physiological movement: movement that a person can actively produce at an articulation. Accessory movement or joint play: movement that could occur at a joint but is not reliant on voluntary control. Can free up accumulated restrictions which are hindering her physiological movements. Passive rom: distance that the practitioner can passively mobilize your client"s joint. Passive rom requires your client relax their muscles, passive movement yields more range of motion than active rom. Barrier: impedes the extent of the movement. Bony restriction: bone meets bone and occurs only during jaw elevation and radioulnar (elbow) extension.
