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- Protocol:
Apply pressure during resting tonicity and assess size of gap between
hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage.
Apply moderate pressure. Caution! This may be uncomfortable for
them!
Ask patient to identify, on a scale of 1 to 5 of increasing pressure,
how much pressure they feel you apply.
Move fingers onto the lateral portion of the hyoid bone, and assess
lateral ROM.