Which Hip ROM uses Abduction/Adduction movement?

Which Hip ROM uses Abduction/Adduction movement?

• A. Hip ROM #1
• B. Hip ROM #2
• C. Hip ROM #3
• D. Hip ROM #4

Answer: (C)

Abduction and adduction are movements that move the leg away from and toward the body's midline, respectively, and they occur in the frontal plane. A hip range of motion test that uses this movement measures how far the thigh can move laterally away from the midline (abduction) and how far it can move back toward it (adduction). This is different from flexion/extension, which happen in the sagittal plane, and from internal/external rotation, which occur in the transverse plane. So the hip ROM that uses abduction/adduction focuses on that lateral movement of the leg away from and toward the midline.

Abduction and adduction are movements that move the leg away from and toward the body's midline, respectively, and they occur in the frontal plane. A hip range of motion test that uses this movement measures how far the thigh can move laterally away from the midline (abduction) and how far it can move back toward it (adduction). This is different from flexion/extension, which happen in the sagittal plane, and from internal/external rotation, which occur in the transverse plane. So the hip ROM that uses abduction/adduction focuses on that lateral movement of the leg away from and toward the midline.