Supine to Prone Leading with Lower Body
How to Perform
- Patient is lying supine with arms separated overhead and legs apart, 10 and 2 and 8 and 4 positions.
- Ask the patient to roll to the prone position starting with the right leg only.
- The patient should lead with right hip flexion followed by adduction of the extended leg.
- The upper body should not contribute to the roll.
- Evaluate for the quality, ease of movement, respiration, synergy and ability to complete the roll without substitution.
- Repeat with the left leg to assess for symmetry and quality of the movement