Diagnostics - Scan Lower
Translatory Assessment - Backward Bent Position (Extension)

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To test for a restriction to sidebending in the backward bent position:

• The examiner should place their fingertips on the articular pillars of the superior vertebra of the motion segment that is to be tested.
• The examiner should then lift their fingers toward the ceiling to introduce backward bending at the level of the dysfunction.
• While maintaining the cervical spine in extension, the examiner should introduce translation to the right and to the left.
Avoid cocking the head to one side or the other, and/or tipping the head backward.

Join Dr. Philip E. Greenman, D.O., F.A.A.O., as he demonstrates translational motion testing in the backward bent position.

The examiner should be sensitive to the absolute range of motion, the quality of movement over the range of motion, and the quality of endfeel. Join Dr. Philip E. Greenman, D.O., F.A.A.O., as he discusses what he is looking for during translational motion testing in the backward bent position.

Join Dr. Philip E. Greenman, D.O., F.A.A.O., as he evaluates the results of motion testing in the backward bent position.

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