Product Manual
NEUTRAL
EXTENSION
FLEXION
NEUTRAL
TURN
RIGHT
TURN
LEFT
NEUTRAL
TILT
LEFT
TILT
RIGHT
NEUTRAL
FLEXION
HYPER EXTENSION
NEUTRALPALM DOWN
PRONATE
PALM UP
SUPINATE
FLEXION
EXTENSION
NEUTRAL
FLEXION
EXTENSION
NEUTRAL
EXTERNAL INTERNAL
NEUTRAL
ABDUCTION
ADDUCTION
INTERNAL
NEUTRAL
EXTERNAL
FLEXION & EXTENSION
• Put head in neutral position
• Place goniometer on top of head, set
zero
• Flex or extend neck
• Read result
Note: Be careful of the goniometer slipping
on hair
LATERAL MOVEMENT
• Put head in neutral position
• Place goniometer on top of head, set
zero
• Abduct neck
• Read result
Note: Be careful of the goniometer slipping
on hair
ROTATION
• Lay subject supine, with head in neutral
position
• Place goniometer on forehead, set zero
• Rotate neck
• Read result
Note: Ensure both shoulders are in contact
with the bed
NECK
FLEXION & EXTENSION
• Stand subject upright, preferably sup-
ported
• Place goniometer on thigh, set zero
• Flex or extend hip
• Read result
Note: A different result will be obtained with
the knee in flexion due to pelvic tilt and
lumbar flexion
ABDUCTION & ADDUCTION
• Stand subject upright, feet apart (or lay
them on their side)
• Place goniometer on thigh, set zero
• Abduct or adduct hip with the body
stabilized
• Read result
Note: Pelvic tilt may occur
ROTATION
• With the goniometer on its side, set true
zero
• Lay subject supine with knee in full ex-
tension. Neutral position is found by
drawing a line from between the big and
second toes to the center of the heel.
Using the goniometer rotate hip until zero
• Place goniometer on side of foot, set zero
• Internally or externally rotate hip
• Read result
Note: There is no rotation of the fully
extended knee unless severe joint laxity is
present
HIP
Inclinometers and goniometers are de-
vices used to measure range-of-motion.
Range-of-motion can be measured from the
neutral position to give a reading of flexion,
extension, abduction, adduction, pronation,
supination, dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, etc.
or it can measure the entire range to yield
a total range-of-motion of the joint.
The inclinometer is simple to use: place it
near the joint to be measured; turn the dial
until the scale reads zero; take the joint
through its range; read the range-of-motion
(in degrees) directly from the dial.
FLEXION & EXTENSION
• Put elbow and shoulder at neutral posi-
tion at zero degrees of extension
• Place goniometer on forearm, set zero
• Flex elbow
• Read result
Note: Stabilize shoulder and upper arm to
prevent error
ROTATION
• Put shoulder at neutral position, elbow at
90º flexion, thumb uppermost
• Place goniometer on the back of the
hand, set zero
• Pronate or supinate elbow
• Read result from inner or outer dial
Note: Twisting of the hand may indicate
greater range of motion
FLEXION & EXTENSION
• Lay subject prone, knee over edge of the
bed
• Place goniometer on shin, set zero
• Flex or hyperextend knee
• Read result
Note: Test can be performed with subject
standing and hip stabilized
ROTATION
• Lay subject on side, knee at 90º flexion,
rotationally neutral
• Place goniometer on side of foot, set zero
• Internally or externally rotate knee
• Read result
Note: It is very difficult to determine neutral
position, so more useful to quote total range
of motion
ELBOW KNEE
BASELINE
®
BUBBLE INCLINOMETER
Measurement Chart
Authorized CE representative:
RMS UK Ltd.
28 Trinity Road
Nailsea, Somerset BS48 4NU (UK)
Fabrication Enterprises Inc.
P.O. Box 1500
White Plains, NY 10602 (USA)
tel: 1-914-345-9300
fax: 1-914-345-9800
www.Fab-Ent.com
Baseline® is a trademark of Goldberg
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