What are supine and prone positions?

When we talk about decúbito supino we refer to a positionón mouth comes, a término used to describe the positionóno of the human body, and that alsoén is called as positionóbib number. Así we refer to the positionón that a person has when he sitsúlying down and the back contacts the support surface on which it is located.

This makes it a positionón that is frequently used to perform exercises of the upper and lower extremities.

In anatomyía, además to include new téterms for the study of motion, plans goneómonkeys, axes and locationón of structures and óorgans, spaghettiéThere are no words that are destined to discover the positionón of the body when lying down. In this way, they talk about the téterms decúbito supino, prone and lateral.

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Decúbito supino

when talking about decúbito supino we refer colloquially to the positionón face up and in anatomyíwe refer to it as decúbito dorsal.  The word supine It is used since ancient timesüage to carry out the descriptionón of the positions that people perform when they place their back and the back of their legs and arms resting on a stable surface. That is to say, the body sitsúto horizontally.

When making use of this positionón it must be taken into account that it is one of the positions that allow perform arm exercises, legs, feet and head, spaghettién in a posture likeún used to sleep. An example of the exercises used in the patient to work the upper or lower extremities, and having to raise in the directionón towards the ceiling and then return to the positionóinitial n.

It is a positionón that helps the patient when carrying out exercises during the m stagesáacute s of the lesionón. In the case of the positionón decúlateral and prone bitus, They help us when carrying out other types of mobilizations that are required based onóno of the pathologyíto what the patient has and what should be treated.

The decúbito supino it's a positionón goneómica of the human body that is characterized by the following:

  • A position is takenón body lying on your back, and that usually has to do on a surface that allows to have a plane parallel to the ground.
  • neck in one positionón neutral, with the look directed to the cénit.
  • Upper limbs that are extended close to the trunk and with the palms of the hands down.
  • The lower extremities tooén should be extended with feet flexedón neutral and tips of big toes pointing up.

the positionón of decúbito supino is the MáIt is used in surgeryía; and it is that this is used to address the abdomen, the anterior neck and surgeryíto the upper limb. And cirugíthe abdomen is in positionón of decúbito dorsal stops the explorationón of óinternal organs of the abdomen in cases of pregnancy, hemorrhages, apuñpraise and others.

Secondly, It must be borne in mind that it is used very frequently to obtainón of imágenes radiográyou stay from  spinal column, that is to say, a radiologistía, for mainly the lumbar portions, dorsal y sacra. Además, spaghettiéno use is made of this positionón to capture imágenes .

In patients who due to their conditionóno ailment are bedridden or are on a stretcher, this positionón makes it possible to carry out the vast majorityía of the parts of radiol positionsólogic.

Decúprone

In the case of decúprone, positionón which alsoén is called decúbito ventral, it's a positionón goneómica of the human body that is characterized by the following:

  • positionóbody number lying face down of the person like thisí like head to side, What is considered a position?ón ideal for one patient.
  • The neck must be adopted in a positionón neutral.
  • The upper limbs should be extended close to the trunk and with the palms of the hands facing upwards..
  • The lower extremities tooén extended with the feet in the face in flexión neutral and fingertips on the thumbs down.

the positionón decúprone or ventral bit describes the person supported in his ventral zone with the neck in positionón neutral or located to the side, arms extended and glued to the trunk with the palms of the hands facing up, members equally  extended feet in flexión neutral and with the tips of the big toes pointing down.

In this case, its use is not used in surgeryía as frequently as in the case of positionóno already mentioned of decúbito supino; and keep in mind that it is mainly used to address the spine.

In this way, It must be taken into account that the positionón of of decúprone It is mainly used for postural drainage in a therapeutic way.éutica, in cases ofídistr syndromeés acute respiratory ARDS, since thanks to this posture you can improve oxygenationón arterial y la ventilationópulmonary n, due to redistributionón de la ventilationón towards those dorsal areas of the lungón that are mostly collapsed by this pathologyíto respiratory.

This positionón además is commonly used to perform surgeryíace of columna lumbar, decóccix, cr operationsáneo, of trunk and upper part of tórax, since it is responsible for generating better surgical accessúrgic of the area to be treated.

In this way you already know the charactersísticas so much of the positionón of decúbito supino like decúprone, so I canáI know how to adopt each of them and for whaté both are used. It is very important to know it in the field of anatomy.íto be able to know the way in which we must address the different problems that human beings suffer in our spine; and alsoén facing the tests to be carried out for the diagnosisóstic of different pathologyías.