Open AccessReconsidering the meaning of ‘stiff’ in clinical assessment of foot joint mobility
Author(s) -
Heng Marabelle L,
Kong Pui W
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-8-s2-o17
Subject(s) - medicine , meaning (existential) , foot (prosody) , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , joint (building) , orthopedic surgery , physical therapy , surgery , psychotherapist , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , architectural engineering
(i) Subjective rating a joint is moved through its range of motion by a tester who then grades the joint as ‘stiff’, ‘normal’ or ‘hypermobile’. (ii) Maximum range of motion (ROM) measured using goniometry and ruler scales. (iii) Joint stiffness – joint displacement and force applied are taken into account to calculate joint stiffness. In the foot, only the stiffness for the first ray has been reported in literature.