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BASELINE® BUBBLE INCLINOMETER

Measurement Chart
NECK
FLEXION EXTENSION
NEUTRAL NEUTRAL

NEUTRAL

TILT TILT TURN TURN

LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT

FLEXION & EXTENSION LATERAL MOVEMENT ROTATION

• Put head in neutral position • Put head in neutral position • Lay subject supine, with head in neutral
• Place goniometer on top of head, set • Place goniometer on top of head, set position
Inclinometers and goniometers are de- zero zero • Place goniometer on forehead, set zero
vices used to measure range-of-motion. • Flex or extend neck • Abduct neck • Rotate neck
Range-of-motion can be measured from the • Read result • Read result • Read result
neutral position to give a reading of flexion, Note: Be careful of the goniometer slipping Note: Be careful of the goniometer slipping Note: Ensure both shoulders are in contact
extension, abduction, adduction, pronation, on hair on hair with the bed
supination, dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, etc.
or it can measure the entire range to yield HIP
a total range-of-motion of the joint.
FLEXION
The inclinometer is simple to use: place it
near the joint to be measured; turn the dial ABDUCTION NEUTRAL
until the scale reads zero; take the joint
through its range; read the range-of-motion EXTENSION

(in degrees) directly from the dial. NEUTRAL ADDUCTION

NEUTRAL EXTERNAL INTERNAL
12-1056 Baseline® Bubble Inclinometer

FLEXION & EXTENSION ABDUCTION & ADDUCTION ROTATION

• Stand subject upright, preferably sup- • Stand subject upright, feet apart (or lay • With the goniometer on its side, set true
ported them on their side) zero
    • Place goniometer on thigh, set zero • Place goniometer on thigh, set zero • Lay subject supine with knee in full ex-
• Flex or extend hip • Abduct or adduct hip with the body tension. Neutral position is found by
Fabrication Enterprises Inc. • Read result stabilized drawing a line from between the big and
P.O. Box 1500 • Read result second toes to the center of the heel.
White Plains, NY 10602 (USA) Note: A different result will be obtained with
Using the goniometer rotate hip until zero
tel: 1-914-345-9300 the knee in flexion due to pelvic tilt and Note: Pelvic tilt may occur
fax: 1-914-345-9800 • Place goniometer on side of foot, set zero
www.Fab-Ent.com lumbar flexion
• Internally or externally rotate hip
Authorized CE representative: • Read result
RMS UK Ltd.
28 Trinity Road Note: There is no rotation of the fully
Nailsea, Somerset BS48 4NU (UK)
extended knee unless severe joint laxity is
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ELBOW KNEE
NEUTRAL INTERNAL

FLEXION
NEUTRAL
FLEXION

EXTENSION
EXTERNAL

NEUTRAL PALM DOWN PALM UP HYPER EXTENSION

PRONATE SUPINATE

FLEXION & EXTENSION ROTATION FLEXION & EXTENSION ROTATION

• Put elbow and shoulder at neutral posi- • Put shoulder at neutral position, elbow at • Lay subject prone, knee over edge of the • Lay subject on side, knee at 90º flexion,
tion at zero degrees of extension 90º flexion, thumb uppermost bed rotationally neutral
• Place goniometer on forearm, set zero • Place goniometer on the back of the • Place goniometer on shin, set zero • Place goniometer on side of foot, set zero
• Flex elbow hand, set zero • Flex or hyperextend knee • Internally or externally rotate knee
• Read result • Pronate or supinate elbow • Read result • Read result
• Read result from inner or outer dial Note: Test can be performed with subject
Note: Stabilize shoulder and upper arm to Note: It is very difficult to determine neutral
prevent error Note: Twisting of the hand may indicate standing and hip stabilized position, so more useful to quote total range
greater range of motion of motion

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SHOULDER
EXTENSION
ABDUCTION

EXTENSION EXTERNAL

NEUTRAL

NEUTRAL ADDUCTION
FLEXION
INTERNAL

FLEXION

FLEXION & EXTENSION ABDUCTION & ADDUCTION ROTATION OF ROTATION OF

FLEXED SHOULDER ABDUCTED SHOULDER
• Place goniometer on upper arm, set zero • Put shoulder into neutral position • Put shoulder at 90º flexion, elbow at 90º • Put shoulder at 90º abduction, elbow at 90º
• Flex or extend shoulder • Place goniometer on upper arm, set zero flexion, forearm and upper arm horizontal flexion, forearm and upper arm horizontal
• Read result • Abduct or adduct shoulder • Place goniometer on forearm, set zero • Place goniometer on forearm, set zero
Note: Do not allow the subject to twist • Read result • Internally or externally rotate shoulder • Internally or externally rotate shoulder
• Read result from inner or outer dial • Read result from inner or outer dial
Note: Do not allow the subject’s body to
twist Note: Keep subject’s arm horizontal Note: Keep the subject’s arm horizontal

SPINE ANKLE
FLEXION
NEUTRAL DORSI-
NEUTRAL FLEXION

PLANTAR-
FLEXION

NEUTRAL FLEXION EXTENSION

FLEXION & EXTENSION PLOTTING CURVATURE LATERAL MOVEMENT DORSIFLEXION &

PLANTARFLEXION
• Stand subject upright • With the goniometer on it s side, set true • Stand subject upright • Lay subject supine, with foot over edge
• Place goniometer on region of spine to zero • Place goniometer on ribs under arm, set of bed
be tested, set zero • Stand subject upright zero • Place goniometer on the sole of foot, set
• Flex or extend the spine • Place the goniometer at different levels • Laterally flex the spine zero
• Read result of the spine • Read result • Plantarflex or dorsiflex the ankle
• Read result at each level and plot • Read result
Note: If the subject is clothed, the goniome- Note: The higher the goniometer is placed
ter may slip during flexion Note: Kyphotic and Lordotic curvatures are the greater will be the measured compound Note: More accurate readings can be
shown as positive or negative values angle obtained when the subject wears flat
shoes to reduce the curvature of the foot

WRIST MCP JOINT

ADDUCTION FLEXION
FLEXION

ABDUCTION

NEUTRAL
NEUTRAL
NEUTRAL
NEUTRAL
ABDUCTION EXTENSION
EXTENSION ADDUCTION

FLEXION & EXTENSION ABDUCTION & ADDUCTION FLEXION & EXTENSION ABDUCTION & ADDUCTION
• Put hand and forearm prone on table • Place side of hand, forearm and elbow on • Put hand prone on table, finger over the • Put side of hand, forearm and elbow on
• Place goniometer behind MCP joints on table edge table
back of hand, set zero • Place goniometer on side of hand, set • Place goniometer on finger, set zero • Place goniometer on finger, set zero
• Move hand over edge of table, flex or ex- zero • Flex or extend MCP • Abduct or adduct MCP
tend wrist • Move hand over edge of table, abduct or • Read result • Read result
• Read result from inner or outer dial adduct wrist
• Read result Note: Maintain full extension of the PIP joint. Note: Ensure the little finger, wrist and elbow
Note: Ensure forearm and elbow are always For small fingers a wooden splint may be are always in contact with the table
Note: Ensure back of the hand is always in
in contact with the table taped to the finger
vertical plane. To eliminate abduction/adduc-
tion of MCP joints put fingers in full flexion