Trunk Control Application

Trunk Control Application
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Trunk Control Application
ADL Trunk ROM needed/used? Where is the weight shift? What part of the task is it used/how?
Pullover shirt (seated) Trunk Flexion
Trunk Extension
Trunk rotation with extension
Lateral weight shift – most of the weight shifts to the right. Trunk Flexion – required when the patient is preparing the shirt and inserting arms into the sleeves.
Trunk Extension – required when the patient realigns the trunk, pulls up the shirt up the sleeves, and when inserting the head into the shirt (Gillen, 2015).
Trunk rotation with extension – required when the patient is reaching out posteriorly and while trying to adjust the orientation of the shirt.
LB dressing (seated) Trunk Flexion
Trunk rotation with flexion
Trunk extension
Lateral extension Lateral weight shift – most of the weight shifts to the right.
Posterior weight shift Trunk Flexion – required when the patient is reaching out for his/her feet.
Trunk rotation with flexion – required when the patient has to use the more functional arm to reach out for the opposite foot (Gillen, 2015).
Trunk extension – required when the patient is trying to realign the trunk to its previous position.
Lateral extension – required when the patient is pulling the pants up over the buttocks and the hips.
Toileting Lateral Flexion
Trunk rotation with extension
Trunk Flexion Lateral weight shift – the shift can either be to the right or the left depending on the side where the tissue is positioned.

Anterior weight shift – when the patient is wiping himself/herself Lateral Flexion – required when the patient is removing the pants to clear the buttocks and the hips (Gillen, 2015).
Trunk rotation with extension – required when the patient is trying to reach out for the tissue.
Trunk Flexion – required when the patient is wiping himself/himself after toileting.
Reference
Gillen, G. (2015). Stroke rehabilitation: a function-based approach. Elsevier Health Sciences.