1 / 11

Understanding Ligaments: Functions, Injuries, and Assessment of Joint Stability

Ligaments play a crucial role in connecting bone to bone, providing joint stability and protection through their encapsulating structure. They also allow for the attachment of cartilage, fascia, and muscle. Common injuries, such as ACL tears and lateral ankle sprains, highlight their importance. The end feel of joint movement can be assessed subjectively, indicating normal or abnormal range of motion (ROM) based on factors like pain, inflammation, or soft tissue injury. Understanding the characteristics of end feel, such as "hard," "firm," or "empty," allows for better evaluation of joint health.

gamma
Download Presentation

Understanding Ligaments: Functions, Injuries, and Assessment of Joint Stability

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ligaments: Functions: • connects bone to bone • joint stability / protection (capsule) • attachment of cartilage, fascia, & muscle

  2. Names: “Bone to Bone”

  3. Names: “ Shape”

  4. “ Shape” cont’d

  5. Names: “ Direction / Location”

  6. “ Direction / Location” cont’d

  7. “Direction/ Location” cont’d

  8. Common Injuries: ACL Tear

  9. Common Injuries: Lateral Ankle Sprain

  10. End Feel (Lippert Ch. 4) • subjective • assessed at the end of passive ROM of a joint Limitations to ROM: ‘Normal ‘ - ligaments - muscle - bone / soft tissue approximation ‘ Abnormal’ - pain - inflammation / edema - injured muscle, tendon, lig. - fracture

  11. End Feel cont’d. Descriptors: • “Hard / Bony” * bone contacting bone Ex. Elbow extension • “ Firm / Capsular” *slight ‘give’ at end ROM Ex. Shoulder flexion • “ Empty” * unable to attain end of ROM due to pain or disruption of soft tissue

More Related