week 11 Test of Function and End-feels

¨Tests of function are essential element of the OMT evaluation.

¨  Function tests provide a tool for the manual therapist

  • to confirm diagnostic hypotheses
  • measure progress

¨  By monitoring the patient's response to these tests  during treatment, the practitioner can make

  • clinicaltreatment decisions
  • to modify and improvise further treatment

¨End-feel:

¨End-feel is the sensation imparted to the practitioner at the limit of the available range of movement.

¨End-feel is tested with a slight additional stretch after the first significant stop of a passive movement (quality test).

¨ Note that end-feel must be evaluated as part of a passive movement test - not simply with overpressure applied after an active movement (quantity test).

¨End-feel can be evaluated during standard and combined passive rotatoric movements (overpressure end-feel)

or during translatoric joint play movements (joint play end-feel). 

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