RANGE OF MOTION FULL

26 In some cases the functional excursion, or range of a muscle, is directly influenced by the joint it crosses. + +įunctional excursion is the distance a muscle is capa ble of shortening after it has been elongated to its maximum. 16 Muscle range is related to the functional excursion of muscles. Ranges of available joint motion are usually measured with a goniometer and recorded in degrees. To describe joint range, terms such as flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation are used. ROM activities are most easily described in terms of joint range and muscle range.

When moving a segment through its ROM, all structures in the region are affected: muscles, joint surfaces, capsules, ligaments, fasciae, vessels, and nerves.

RANGE OF MOTION FULL

The full motion possible is called the range of motion (ROM). The structure of the joints, as well as the integrity and flexibility of the soft tissues that pass over the joints, affects the amount of motion that can occur between any two bones. Bones move with respect to each other at the connecting joints. When a person moves, the intricate control of the muscle activity that causes or controls the motion comes from the central nervous system. Movement that is necessary to accomplish functional activities can be viewed, in its simplest form, as muscles or external forces moving bones in various patterns or ranges of motions. Range of motion is a basic technique used for the examination of movement and for initiating movement into a program of therapeutic intervention.