ROM Ranges

NROM means normal range of motion

Ideal Hip Flexion

120°

Ideal hip abduction

20°

Ideal hip ER

20°

Ascending Stairs Hip ROM (depending on stair and person’s height)

47-66°

Sitting hip ROM

flexion 112°

Putting on socks hip ROM

flexion 120°, 20° abd and ER

Walking Knee Flexion ROM

64°

Descending Stairs Knee Flexion ROM

86-107°

Putting on socks Knee flexion ROM

117°

Rising from a chair Knee flexion ROM

95°

Descending Stairs Ankle DF ROM

20-35°

Hip Flex NROM

0-120°

Hip Ext NROM

0-20°

Hip Abd NROM

0-40°

Hip Add NROM

0-25°

Hip IR NROM

0-35°

Hip ER NROM

0-45°

Knee Flex NROM

140°

Knee Ext NROM

5-10°

Ankle DF NROM

0-20°

Ankle PF NROM

0-50°

Ankle Inv NROM

0-(20-30°)

Ankl Evr NROM

0-(5-10°)

Gr Toe Flex NROM

0-40°

GR Toe Ext NROM

0-70°

Cervical Spine Flexion

0-(45-50°)

Cervical Spine Extension

Cervical Sidebending

0-(35-40°)

Cervical Rotation 

0-(65-75°)

Cervical Rotation to look over shoulder

60-70°

Self Feeding Shoulder Flexion

36-52°

Reaching a high shelf shoulder flexion

148°

Reach back of head/grooming Abd and ER

112° Abd and “large amount” of ER

Reach behind back to tuck in shirt Ext and IR

20-30° Ext and Full IR 

ADL’s Elbow Flex/Ext/Pro/Sup

30-130° and 50° pro/sup

Talking on phone Elbow ROM

140°

Drinking from a cup Elbow ROM

130°

Self feeding Elbow Flex/Pro/Sup

15-140°, 40°, 60°

Rising from a chair Elbow ROM

full extension

Open a Door Elbow ROM

25° sup

ADLs Wrist ROM

10° flex to 35°ext

Turning a Doorknob Wrist Rom

40° Flex, 45° ext

Steering wheel and rising from a chair wrist ROM

40-65° Ext

Telephone Wrist ROM

40° Ext

Pouring from a pitcher wrist ROM

25-35° ulnar deviation

Shoulder Flexion NROM

0-180°

Shoulder Extension NROM

0-50°

Shoulder Abd NROM

0-180°

Shoulder IR NROM

0-70°

Shoulder ER NROM

0-90°

Elbow Flex/Ext NROM

0-145°

Elbow Supination NROM

0-90°

Elbow Pronation NROM

0-90°

Wrist Flexion NROM

0-80°

Wrist Extension NROM

0-70°

Radial Deviation NROM

0-20°

Ulnar Deviation NROM

0-45°