Open and Closed Packed Positions
Subtalar joint open packed position:
Foot and calcaneus in neutral
Subtalar joint closed packed position:
Midfoot in supination
Glenohumeral joint closed packed position:
Shoulder abduction and ER
Distal Radio-ulnar joint closed packed position:
elbow bent with 0-5 degrees of supination
Radiohumeral joint closed packed position:
elbow flexed to 90, forearm supinated 5 degrees. "brachioradialis"
Proximal Radio-ulnar joint closed packed position:
elbow straight with 5 degrees of supination
Ulnohumeral joint closed packed position:
full elbow extension
Radiocarpal joint closed packed position:
full wrist extension and radial deviation
Iliofemoral joint closed packed position:
hip extended with internal rotation
IP joint closed packed position:
joint in 90 degrees of flexion
MCP joint closed packed position:
joint in 90 degrees of flexion
Tibiofemoral joint closed packed position:
knee fully extended with ER "screw home position"
Talocrural joint closed packed position:
maximum dorsiflexion
Glenohumeral joint open packed position:
-55 degrees of shoulder abduction -30 degrees of shoulder horizontal adduction -"scaption"
Distal Radio-ulnar joint open packed position:
-Elbow in 70 degrees of flexion -Forearm in 10 degrees of supination "elbow bent, slight palm up"
Proximal Radio-ulnar joint open packed position:
-Elbow in 70 degrees of flexion -Forearm in 35 degrees of supination "elbow bent/palm tipped 1/2 way up"
Iliofemoral joint open packed position:
-Hip in 30 degrees of flexion -Hip in 30 degrees of abduction -Hip in slight external rotation "FABER"
IP joint open packed position:
-Joint in slight flexion
MCP joint open packed position:
-Joint in slight flexion
Tibiofemoral joint open packed position:
-Knee in 25 degrees of flexion "slightly bent"
Ulnohumeral joint open packed position:
-Ulna in 70 degrees of flexion -10 degrees of supination "elbow bent, palm up"
Radiocarpal joint open packed position:
-Wrist in neutral -Slight ulnar deviation
Talocrural joint open packed position:
-ankle in 10 degrees of plantar flexion -neutral inversion/eversion "slightly down"
Radiohumeral joint open packed position:
-radius in full extension -full supination "straight elbow/palm up"
