Passive Movements

Question 1

What type of passive movements are there

Answer 1

passive psychological movements
Accessory movements
Neuro dynamics

Question 2

What are accessory movements

Answer 2

Involuntary joint movements we can’t control-rolls,slides,spins-happens within our limbs

Question 3

What is the convex rule ?

Answer 3

At a moving joint ,the convex surface moves in the opposite direction of where the bone moves

If an arm moves up, the humerus head (the convex surface) slides down

Question 4

What is the concave rule ?

Answer 4

At a moving joint the concave surface moves is the same direction as the moving bone

In the knee joint, the tibia surface (concave) moves on the femoral condyles (convex) during flexion: as the tibia rolls posteriorly, ithe concave surface rolls posteriorly.

Question 5

What are the physiological effects of passive movements

Answer 5

Helps maintain a range of motion
Improves cartilage nutrition
Improves lymph drainages
May have an analgesic pain (reduction/elimination of pain)
May influence tissues through mechanotransduction

Question 6

What indictates that we should not perform any passive movements (contraindications)?

Answer 6

Excessive pain
Unstable fractures
DVT
Infection
Acute inflammatory conditions
Suspected malignancy (cancerous tissue growth)
skin graphs
Joint replacements

Question 7

What is passive insufficiency described as?

Answer 7

The inability of a muscle to stretch across two joints

Question 8

What is active insufficiency described as?

Answer 8

the inability of a muscle to contract fully and produce effective force when it is shortened across two joints.