The Elbow

Manipulation in supination:
Starting position

The patient adopts the sitting position on a couch.
The manipulator stands level with the bent elbow of the patient.
An assistant steadies the patient's thorax with a hand on the lower ribs.

The upperarm is fixed just proximal to the elbow.
The elbow is bent to a right angle.

The manipulator puts his contralateral foot exactly under
the elbow of the patient.

The ipsilateral hand carries the distal part of the forearm,
thumb on the radius.
The fingers of the other hand are placed over the thumb with the
heel of the hand against the dorsal aspect of the radius.

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