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Test: Cervical Lateral Bending

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Background/Purpose

Procedure

Patient stands with the cervical spine in a neutral position. Ask the patient to laterally bend the head to one shoulder and then the other. Normal motion is expected to be 30-45 degrees. Most of the most should occur between C0-C2. Ensure the shoulder does not elevator towards the ear.
Performed: Unilaterally

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Laterally bend the head to the shoulder.

Criteria

30-45 degrees of motion
Pain free motion

Measurement

45.00 degrees

LOINC Code

Scale/Grading

Pass/Fail

Test Stats

Side Pass Fail
Left 33 48
Right 41 40
Avg. Measure. Left 5.5 16.4
Avg. Measure. - Right 7.8 16.5

Regions
Cervical	Thoracic	Lumbar	Pelvic
Hip/Thigh	Knee/Calf	Ankle	Foot
Shoulder/Arm	Elbow/Forearm	Wrist	Hand
Head	TMJ	Systemic