Product Manual

12
Testing Protocol: Lumbar
PATIENT START
POSITION
PLACEMENT OF
DYNAMOMETER
POSITION OF
THERAPIST
TEST
FLEXION
EXTENSION
LATERAL
FLEXION
(RIGHT)
- supine
- knees bent
- feet flat
- arms resting at
side
- head mid-line
On the sternum at
the center of the
chest.
Above and to side of
patient.
Break test - patient’s
arms are relaxed and
head + shoulders
lifted off table, exert
force to push down
head.
- prone
- arms resting at
side
- head mid-line
At the inferior angle
of the scapulae on
the center of the
back between the
shoulder blades.
Above and to side of
patient.
Break test - patient’s
arms are relaxed and
head and chest lifted
off table, exert force
to push down body.
- seated on table
- back laterally
flexed to right
- arms resting in
lap
- head mid-line
Under the arm of the
rib cage (right side).
In front of and to side
of patient with non-
dynamometer hand
isolating the left hip.
Break test - have
patient lean right
slightly with buttocks
on table, exert force
to push patient
inward.
lumbar flexion
lateral flexion
lumbar flexion