Product Manual

5
Testing Protocol: Elbow and Forearm
PATIENT START
POSITION
PLACEMENT OF
DYNAMOMETER
POSITION OF
THERAPIST
TEST
FLEXION
(RIGHT/LEFT)
EXTENSION
(RIGHT/LEFT)
FOREARM
ROTATOR
- seated
- shoulder flexed
45°
- elbow flexed 45°
- palm up
On the inside of the
arm just above the
wrist of the arm being
tested.
Hand not holding
dynamometer
stabilizing
underneath the upper
arm of patient.
Break test - exert
force to push arm
downward
- seated
- shoulder flexed
45°
- elbow flexed 45°
- palm up
On the outside of the
arm just above the
wrist of the arm being
tested.
Hand not holding
dynamometer
stabilizing on the
front of the upper
arm of patient.
Break test - exert
force to push arm
upward.
- seated
- shoulder flexed
45°
- elbow flexed 45°
- palm in
On the outside of rod
held by hand.
Hand not holding
dynamometer
stabilizing on the
front of the upper
arm of patient.
Break test - exert
force on rod to push
arm inward.
elbow flexion
elbow extension
forearm rotator