Effect of passive stretch on reproducibility of hip range of motion measurements Timo J. Aalto, MD, Olavi Airaksinen, MD, DMSc, Tuomas M. Härkönen, MB, Jari P. Arokoski, MD, DMSc Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 549-557 (March 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041 Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Measurement of the passive hip flexion for (A) starting position and (B) end position. See Methods for details. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 549-557DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Measurement of the passive hip extension. See Methods for details. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 549-557DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Measurement of the passive knee flexion. See Methods for details. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 549-557DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Measurement of the passive hip inner rotation (A) starting position and (B) end position. See Methods for details. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 549-557DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Measurement protocol. One subject was measured consecutively in the M1 to M4 sessions during the first day by physical therapist A (ThA) and physical therapist B (ThB). Forty-eight hours later therapist A measured 8 patients (M5A) and therapist B measured 12 patients (M5B). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 549-557DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.04.041) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions