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Goniometer Guide for Upper Limb ROM

This document provides instructions and illustrations for evaluating range of motion in the shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist. It includes figures showing normal ranges of motion for shoulder abduction, internal and external rotation, elbow flexion, forearm pronation and supination, and wrist flexion and extension. Each figure provides details on patient positioning, the plane of motion, normal range of motion, and goniometer placement for accurate measurement.

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Goniometer Guide for Upper Limb ROM

This document provides instructions and illustrations for evaluating range of motion in the shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist. It includes figures showing normal ranges of motion for shoulder abduction, internal and external rotation, elbow flexion, forearm pronation and supination, and wrist flexion and extension. Each figure provides details on patient positioning, the plane of motion, normal range of motion, and goniometer placement for accurate measurement.

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28 SECTION 1 Evaluation

180 degrees 0 degrees

90 degrees 90 degrees
FIGURE 1-8 Shoulder internal and external rotation. Patient position: supine,
shoulder at 90 degrees of abduction, elbow at 90 degrees of flexion, radioulnar
joint pronated. Plane of motion: transverse. Normal range of motion: internal
rotation, 0 to 90 degrees; external rotation, 0 to 90 degrees. Movements the
patient should avoid: arching back, trunk rotation, elbow movement. Goniom -
eter placement: axis on elbow joint through longitudinal axis of humerus,
stationary arm remains at 0 degrees, movement arm remains parallel to
forearm.

150 degrees

0 degrees
FIGURE 1-9 Elbow flexion. Patient position: supine or sitting, radioulnar joint
0 de grees supinated. Plane of motion: sagittal. Normal range of motion: 0 to 150 degrees.
Goniometer placement: axis is centered on lateral elbow, stationary arm
FIGURE 1-7 Shoulder abduction. Patient position: supine or sitting, arm at
remains at 0 degrees, movement arm remains parallel to forearm.
side, elbow extended. Plane of motion: frontal. Normal range of motion: 0 to
180 degrees. Movements the patient should avoid: trunk rotation or lateral
movement. Goniometer placement: axis is centered on posterior or anterior
shoulder, stationary arm remains at 0 degrees, movement arm remains parallel
to humerus.

70 degrees
0 degrees

90 degrees 90 degrees

0 degrees

FIGURE 1-10 Radioulnar pronation and supination. Patient position: sitting


80 de grees
or standing, elbow at 90 degrees, wrist in neutral, pencil held in palm of hand.
Plane of motion: transverse. Normal range of motion: pronation, 0 degrees to FIGURE 1-11 Wrist flexion and extension. Patient position: elbow flexed,
90 degrees; supination, 0 degrees to 90 degrees. Movements the patient should radioulnar pronated. Plane of motion: sagittal. Normal range of motion: flexion,
avoid: arm, elbow, and wrist movements. Goniometer placement: axis through 0 to 80 degrees; extension, 0 to 70 degrees. Goniometer placement: axis is
longitudinal axis of forearm, stationary arm remains at 0 degrees, movement centered on lateral wrist over ulnar styloid, stationary arm remains at 0
arm remains parallel to pencil held in patient’s hand. degrees, movement arm remains parallel to fifth metacarpal.

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