User's Manual

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You may now begin testing with your goniometer. Press the red button located on the bottom of the
device or depress the foot pedal to begin and end each trial. The computer will prompt you during each
reading.
Range of Motion Protocols
The following are the protocols for range of movement as outlined in the ODES software.
Ankle
PLANTARFLEXION: Client is sitting with the leg to be measured at right angles to the thigh and the foot
at right angles to the leg. Motions of the ankles should be measured with the knee at 45 degree flexion in
order to relax the heel cord. The goniometer’s pivot is centered over the outside of the ankle, with the
stationary arm parallel to the tibia. Instruct the client to move their foot down (away from their body) as far
as they can. Record the maximum flexion (plantar flexion) angle from neutral.
FLEXION CONTRACTURE: Flexion contracture is a measure of limited ROM due to muscle contracture.
If the client is capable of both plantar flexion and extension (dorsiflexion), do not measure flexion
contracture. Otherwise, client should be sitting, with the leg to be measured at right angles to the thigh
and the foot at right angles to the leg. Instruct the client to relax the ankle so that it is in its own natural
neutral position. The goniometer’s pivot is centered over the outside of the ankle, with the stationary arm
parallel to the tibia. Record the flexion contracture angle.
DORSIFLEXION: Client is sitting with the leg to be measured at right angles to the thigh and the foot at
right angles to the leg. Motions of the ankles should be measured with the knee in flexion in order to
relax the heel cord. The goniometer’s pivot is centered over the outside of the ankle, with the stationary