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Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

AH 323 Evaluation of Athletic Injuries I Laboratory
Proprioception Tests DEMONSTRATIONS

 

PROPRIOCEPTION TESTS

SKILL

TESTING PROCEDURE

MATERIALS NEEDED

SPECIAL NOTES

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Proprioceptive Finger-Nose Test
  1. Pt. keeps eyes closed

  2. Examiner lightly touches 1 of pt.’s fingers & ask them to touch pt.’s nose with that finger

  3. Repeats by touching finger on opposite hand

  4. Patients with proprioceptive loss have difficulty without visual input

     
Proprioceptive Movement Test
  1. Pt. keeps eyes closed

  2. Examiner moves pt.’s finger or toe up or down by grasping it on the sides to lessen clues by pressure

  3. Pt. then tells which way digit moved

     
Proprioceptive Space Test
  1. Pt. keeps eyes closed

  2. Examiner places 1 of pt.’s hands or feet in a selected position in space

  3. Then ask pt. to imitate position with opposite limb or to find the hand or foot with opposite limb

  + test indicates true proprioceptive loss  

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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