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7 Ways to Measure Posture.
Measuring posture is important when we are evaluating our patients. Understanding the clinical presentation of our patients allows the clinician to further understand how this may influence their respective impairments and functional limitations. However, sometimes we do not possess the … Continue reading
How to Make Pinch Strength Testing Individualized? The Baseline BIMS 5-Position Pinch Dynamometer.
Pinch strength testing is an essential objective measurement that should be performed with every physical examination. This information is important as it can tell us a lot in regard to a patient’s function and their overall quality of life. However, … Continue reading
Pinch Grip Testing: An Essential Clinical Utility
Pinch grip is important for individuals to perform activities of daily living and various everyday tasks. Testing for pinch grip strength is important to be able to understand impairments and functional limitations a patient is experiencing. What are we evaluating … Continue reading
Manual Muscle Testing (MMT). Subjective or Objective?
What is MMT? MMT is something that is studied during our educational experiences during school. MMT are included within the objective measures section of the physical examination. MMT is performed to assess the strength and function of various muscles. Strength … Continue reading
Goniometers: What Are We Really Measuring?
Goniometry is typically utilized in common practice among physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other healthcare professionals. Goniometry allows the clinician to be able to measure the range of motion of specific joints of the body. Measurements are generally taken as … Continue reading
New Year, New Dynamometer – Introducing BIMS™ Digital Dynamometers
With the new year comes a brand-new dynamometer from Baseline®! Introducing the latest set of dynamometers in the Baseline® line up, Baseline® BIMS™ Digital Dynamometers. This new dynamometer is loaded with new features and is the perfect new tool for … Continue reading
Measure Body Recomposition with the Baseline® Skinfold Caliper
Body Recomposition is all about preserving and building muscle mass while losing fat at the same time. The focus is more on body composition rather than overall weight. Measurements that only factor in weight and height, such as body mass … Continue reading
Product Spotlight: Baseline® Body Fat Scale
BMI is not the only measurement for determining how much body fat you have. There are many other tools that can measure your body fat percentage. Measuring your body fat percentage is considered by some medical professionals as a more … Continue reading
How Pulse Oximeters Work
If you have ever been a patient at a hospital and had a pulse oximeter placed on your finger? That device is a measurement tool that is used to measure oxygen saturation, or the percentage of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen in arterial blood. … Continue reading
Protective Sensation
If you have diabetes you probably have been tested for your protective sensation. Protective sensation gives you a pain threshold and tells you how much pressure you can take before you feel pain. A loss of protective sensation hinders a person … Continue reading