Aftercare Education Articles

Joint range of motion exercise for lower limb 關節運動-下肢運動

2016-11-07

Patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, weak limbs, and long-term bed-ridden; work on range of motion exercise of your joints 2-3 times a day to preserve joint and muscular range of motion, and decrease of spasticity. 

hip exercise
  1. hip flexion with knee flexion in supine position; hip extension in side-lying position
  2. hip abduction and adduction
  3. hip external rotation and internal rotation
  4. stretch exercise: stretch hamstring muscles especially for the spinal cord injury patient
knee exercise

knee flexion and extension with the hip exercise.

ankle exercise
  1. ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
  2. ankle inversion and eversion

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