Question about Maitland mobs...urgent

Hi guys,

How are you all

I have a question about a kind of Maitland's mobilizations

It is called "patellofemoral Maitland mobilization, tibiofemoral mitland mobilization"

Does any one have any idea about it and how to do it practically?

I would really appreciate it...

Thanks

if you can, get hold of one of G Maitland's books- Peripheral Mobilisations, he details how to do them far better than I can describe!

Hi Oscar,

Well, thank you for your replay, in fact I know that everything in Maitland's books but I do not have them and they are not available in my area right now, it will take time to bring them and I need the answer urgently.

Thank you.

-TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT:

-DISTRACTION:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is sitting.
The knee is positioned in the resting position.
The therapist at the patient foot facing his knee.
Both hands grip distal tibia from medial and lateral sides.
-PROCEDURE:
Both hands move tibia distally

-DORSAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is positioned in the resting position.
The therapist at the patient foot facing his knee.
The stabilizing hand support the femur from dorsal side.
The manipulating hand grip the proximal tibia from ventral side.
-PROCEDURE:
The manipulating hand glides the tibia dorsally.

-VENTRAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is positioned in the resting position.
The therapist at the patient foot facing his knee.
Both hands grip the tibia from dorsal side.
-PROCEDURE:
Both hands glide the tibia in a ventral direction.

-MEDIAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is either supine or sitting.
The knee is positioned in the resting position.
The therapist is at the foot of treatment table between patient knees and
the leg is between therapist arm and trunk.
The stabilizing hand grip the femur from medial side.
The manipulating hand grip the proximal tibia from lateral side.
-PROCEDURE:
The manipulating hand glides the proximal tibia in a medial direction through
the fibula while trunk guides the motion.

-LATERAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is either supine or sitting.
The knee is positioned in the resting position.
The therapist is at the foot of treatment table between patient knees and
the leg is between therapist arm and trunk.
The stabilizing hand grip the femur from lateral side.
The manipulating hand grip the proximal tibia from medial side.
-PROCEDURE:
The manipulating hand glides the proximal tibia in a lateral direction while trunk guides the motion.

THE SOURCE::"Manipulation and mobilization extremity and spinaltechniques"
SUSAN L.EDMOND, M.P.H.,P.T.

-PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT:

-CRANIAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is in slight flexion.
The therapist is at patient's lower leg.
The manipulating hand with the web space on the caudal surface of the patella.
The guiding hand over the manipulating hand.
-PROCEDURE:
The manipulating hand glides the patella in a cranial direction.

-CAUDAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is in slight flexion.
The therapist is at patient's hip.
The manipulating hand with the web space on the cranial surface of the patella.
The guiding hand over the manipulating hand.
-PROCEDURE:
The manipulating hand glides the patella in a caudal direction.

-MEDIAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is in slight flexion.
The therapist is at patient's side.
Both hands with thumb or heel on the lateral surface of the patella.
-PROCEDURE:
Both hands glide the patella in a medial direction.

-LATERAL GLIDE:
-POSITIONING:
The patient is supine.
The knee is in slight flexion.
The therapist is at patient's side.
Both hands with thumb or heel on the medial surface of the patella.
-PROCEDURE:
Both hands glide the patella in a lateral direction.

THE SOURCE::"Manipulation and mobilization extremity and spinaltechniques"
SUSAN L.EDMOND, M.P.H.,P.T.

Hello,

ramywhite ..... thank you very much I really appreciate it

but I have one question, is this approach is Maitland's???

if not what is Maitland's in this particular mobs

thanks again verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry much