{"id":12633,"date":"2022-11-08T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/?post_type=wiki&amp;p=12633"},"modified":"2022-11-08T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:27:45","slug":"wrist-hand-active-range-of-motion","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/wrist-hand-active-range-of-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrist\/Hand Active Range of Motion"},"featured_media":12634,"template":"","class_list":["post-12633","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"page-header-detail-page","background":{"background_image":12634,"background_image_alt_text":"Wrist\/Hand Active Range of Motion"},"heading":"Wrist\/Hand Active Range of Motion","subheading":"Basic Assessment","content_editor":"","button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Check our shop","button_style":"button-five","button_internal_link":4646,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":"","label":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"submenu","links":[{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Learn","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-3","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Assessment E-Book","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-4","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Reviews","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-5","button_url":"","button_file":null}],"dropdown_label":"Go to","button_right":{"button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Become a member","button_style":"button-three","button_internal_link":16662,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":""},"button_description":"Find this wiki on the Physiotutors platform"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>Learn<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<h6>Wrist\/Hand Active Range of Motion (AROM) Assessment<\/h2>\nAROM defines the range of motion through which the patient can actively move with the help of the muscles acting over that joint. The goal of AROM is to detect possible symptoms like pain and to determine their location, quality, and intensity. Furthermore, you will be able to see how freely your patient can move in a specific joint, while you are looking for compensatory strategies to achieve that movement.\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kFnDRhcsFdM[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\nThe standard values for AROM movements in the wrist and hand are:\n\n<strong>Pronation:<\/strong> 90\u00b0 (occurs in the elbow)\n\n<strong>Supination<\/strong>: 90\u00b0 (occurs in the elbow)\n\n<strong>Wrist flexion:<\/strong> 80\u00b0-90\u00b0\n\n<strong>Wrist extension:<\/strong> 70\u00b0-90\u00b0\n\n<strong>Radial deviation:<\/strong> 15\u00b0\n\n<strong>Ulnar deviation:<\/strong> 30\u00b0-45\u00b0\n\n<strong>Finger flexion:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>MCP: 85\u00b0-90\u00b0<\/li>\n \t<li>PIP: 100\u00b0-115\u00b0<\/li>\n \t<li>DIP: 80\u00b0-90\u00b0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Finger extension:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>\u00a0MCP: 30\u00b0-45\u00b0<\/li>\n \t<li>PIP: 0\u00b0<\/li>\n \t<li>DIP: 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