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Test: Lumbar Lateral Bend - Active

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Background/Purpose

Procedure

Subject is standing with arms at sides. Clinician places goniometers in the coronal/frontal plane at T12 and the sacrum and zeroes them. Subject is instructed to slide their hand down their leg on one side at a time and the value is recorded . The sacral value is subtracted from the T12 value to achieve the measurement. Lateral flexion 20 degrees or less is considered an impairment for ADLs.
Performed: Unilaterally

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Lateral spine flexion active measurement.

Criteria

Pain free
>20 degrees

Measurement

20 degrees

LOINC Code

Scale/Grading

Pass/Fail

Test Stats

Side Pass Fail
Left 1 0
Right 0 1
Avg. Measure. Left 0.0 0.0
Avg. Measure. - Right 0.0 10.0

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