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