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Table 3 Range of motion assessments

From: Pre-neuromusculoskeletal injury Risk factor Evaluation and Post-neuromusculoskeletal injury Assessment for Return-to-duty/activity Enhancement (PREPARE) in military service members: a prospective, observational study protocol

Measurement

Testing procedures

Knee extension [9]

Supine with the test limb flexed to 90˚ of hip and knee flexion; the non-test limb extended on the testing table

An inclinometer placed just distal to the test limb tibial tuberosity; the angle of the tibia will be measured relative to the horizontal

Hip abduction [9]

Supine with the test and non-test limbs extended on the testing table

The goniometer stationary arm placed across the anterior superior iliac spines with the axis over the test limb anterior superior iliac spine; the movement arm will vertically bisect the participant’s thigh and move with the thigh

Hip internal rotation [9]

Prone with the test limb flexed to 90˚ of knee flexion; the non-test limb extended on the testing table

An inclinometer placed just proximal to the test limb lateral malleolus; the angle of the fibula will be measured relative to the vertical

Hip external rotation [9]

Prone with the test limb flexed to 90˚ of knee flexion; the non-test limb extended on the testing table

An inclinometer placed just proximal to the test limb lateral malleolus; the angle of the fibula will be measured relative to the vertical

Ankle dorsiflexion [46]

Standing with the test foot perpendicular to the wall; the non-test foot placed behind the test foot. The participant will lunge forward until right before the heel lifts off the floor

An inclinometer placed just distal to the test limb tibial tuberosity; the angle of the tibia will be measured relative to vertical