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What is the closed packed position of the facet joint (spine)?
What is the loose packed position of the facet joint (spine)?
What is the loose packed position of the TMJ?
Mouth slightly open (freeway space)
What is the closed packed position of the TMJ?
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What is the loose packed position of the glenohumeral joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the glenohumeral joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the AC joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the AC joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the humeroulnar joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the humeroulnar joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the radiohumeral joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the radiohumeral joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the proximal radioulnar joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the proximal radioulnar joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the distal radioulnar joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the distal radioulnar joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the radoiocarpal joint (wrist)?
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What is the closed packed position of the radoiocarpal joint (wrist)?
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What is the loose packed position of the carpometacarpal joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the metacarpophalangeal joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the metacarpophalangeal joints (fingers)?
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What is the closed packed position of the metacarpophalangeal joint (thumb)?
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What is the loose packed position of the interphalangeal joints?
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What is the closed packed position of the interphalangeal joints (hand)?
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What is the loose packed position of the hip joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the hip joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the knee joint?
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What is the closed packed position of the knee joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the talocrural (ankle) joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the subtalar joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the midtarsal joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the tarsometatarsal joint?
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What is the loose packed position of the metarasophalangeal joint?
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Study Notes
Closed Packed Position
- Achieved when joints are fully congruent, meaning they are in contact with each other.
- Characterized by full tightness in surrounding ligaments.
- Specific closed packed positions vary by joint, such as:
- Facet joint (spine): extension
- Glenohumeral joint: abduction and lateral rotation
- AC joint: 90 degrees abduction
- SC joint: maximum shoulder elevation
- Humeroulnar joint: extension
- Radiohumeral joint: elbow flexed to 90 degrees with forearm supinated to 5 degrees
- Wrist (radoiocarpal joint): extension with radial deviation
- Hip joint: full extension with medial rotation
- Knee joint: full extension with external rotation of the tibia
- Talocrural joint (ankle): maximum dorsiflexion
- Subtalar joint: supination
- Tarsometatarsal joint: supination
- Metarasophalangeal joint: full extension
- Interphalangeal joints (hand): full extension
- Interphalangeal joints (foot): full extension
Loose Packed Position
- Results in minimal congruency, allowing significant space between joints.
- Surrounding ligaments are in a relaxed or maximally lax state.
- Specific loose packed positions include:
- Facet joint (spine): midway between flexion and extension
- TMJ: mouth slightly open (freeway space)
- Glenohumeral joint: 55 degrees abduction and 30 degrees horizontal adduction
- AC joint: arm resting by side in normal physiological position
- SC joint: arm resting by side in normal physiological position
- Humeroulnar joint: 70 degrees flexion and 10 degrees supination
- Radiohumeral joint: full extension and full supination
- Proximal radioulnar joint: 70 degrees flexion and 35 degrees supination
- Distal radioulnar joint: 10 degrees supination
- Wrist (radoiocarpal joint): neutral with slight ulnar deviation
- Carpometacarpal joint: midway between abduction-adduction and flexion-extension
- Metacarpophalangeal joint: slight flexion
- Hip joint: 30 degrees flexion, 30 degrees abduction, and slight external rotation
- Knee joint: 25 degrees flexion
- Talocrural joint (ankle): 10 degrees plantarflexion, midway between maximum inversion and eversion
- Subtalar joint: midway between extremes of range of motion (ROM)
- Midtarsal joint: midway between extremes of ROM
- Tarsometatarsal joint: midway between extremes of ROM
- Metarasophalangeal joint: neutral
- Interphalangeal joints (foot): slight flexion
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