Table 2. Rankings awarded by respondents based on the importance of the aims of passive limb range of motion exercises.

Ranking Aims	1 Most Important	2	3	4	5	6	7 Least Important
Maintain joint range of motion	21	5	3	0	0	3	1
Maintain soft tissue extensibility	1	19	4	4	1	2	2
Reduce loss of joint range of motion	1	0	17	6	6	1	2
Reduce loss of soft tissue extensibility	0	2	3	18	6	4	0
Increase joint range of movement	1	0	2	4	17	4	5
Increase soft tissue extensibility	2	3	2	1	1	18	6
Preserve function	7	4	2	0	2	1	17

Numbers in the boxes represent the frequencies of respondents.

Blue-0% of respondents.

White-1-25% of respondents.

Orange-26-50% of respondents.

Green-51-75% of respondents.

Yellow->75% of respondents.