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Muscle Power Assessment Techniques

This document provides instructions for manually testing the strength of various muscles involved in movement of the fingers, thumb, elbow, forearm, wrist, ankle, hip, and knee. For each muscle or group of muscles, it describes the positioning and movement to test as well as the resistance to apply in order to isolate and assess the strength of that muscle.

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Muscle Power Assessment Techniques

This document provides instructions for manually testing the strength of various muscles involved in movement of the fingers, thumb, elbow, forearm, wrist, ankle, hip, and knee. For each muscle or group of muscles, it describes the positioning and movement to test as well as the resistance to apply in order to isolate and assess the strength of that muscle.

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FINGER MP ED, EI, EDM

EXTENSION

POINT DOWN TOWARDS FLEXION

GRAVITY ELIMINATED PALPATE MUSCLE BELLY/TENDON

FINGER IP LUMBRICAL
EXTENSION S

MP JOINTS EXTENDED, IP JOINTS FLEXED, ASK PX TO


BEND KNUCKLES AND STRAIGHTEN THEM

APPLY RESISTANCE TOWARDS FLEXION

FINGER DIP FDP


FLEXION

ASK PATIENT TO BEND THE TIP OF YOUR FINGER AS FAR


AS U CAN, APPLY RESISTANCE TOWARDS EXTENSION

GRAVITY ELIMINATED, PALPATE MUSCLE BELLY OF FDP


OR TENDON
FINGER PIP FDS
FLEXION

HAND RESTING NEUTRAL, APPLY RESISTEANCE TO 3


IP FINGERS

AGAINST GRAVITY. APPLY RESISTANCE TO HEAD OF


MIDDLE PHALANX

GRAVITY ELIMINATED, PALPATE MUSCLE


BELLY/TENDON, MAINTAIN POSITION OF MCP

FINGER MP FDM
FLEXION

GIVE RESISTANCE AT THE HEAD OF PROXIMAL


PHALANX
FINGER 4 DORSAL GRAVITY ELIMENATED POSISTION ONLY
ABDUCTION INTEROSSEI

ABDUCTOR
DIGITI
MINIMI
(ABD)

SPREAD FINGERS APART AND DON’T LET ME


PUSH THEM TOGETHER

APPLY RESISTANCE AT PROXIMAL OR ULNAR SIDE OF PROXIMAL PHALANX

FINGER 3 VOLAR GRAVITY ELIMINATED POSITION ONLY, FINGERS START AT ABDUCTED POSITION
ADDUCTION INTEROSSEI
HOLD HEADS OF PROXIMAL PHALANX OF 2 FINGERS

PULL FINGERS APART

THUMB IP EPL AGAINST GRAVITY


EXTENSION

ASK PT TO STRAIGHTEN END OF THUMB ADD


RESISTANCE AT THUMBNAIL TO FLEXION

GRAVITY ELIMINATED

PALPATE TENDON AT ULNAR BORDER OF ANATOMIC


SNUFFBOX
THUMB MP EPB, EPL
EXTENSION

RESISTANCE TOWARDS FLEXION

THUMB ABL, APB AGAINST GRAVITY (APB)


ABDUCTION

LIFT THUMB DON’T LET ME PUSH IT BACK


DOWN

GRAVITY ELIMINATED (APB)

(APL) ABDUCT THE THUMB HALFWAY


EXTENSION AND PALMAR ABDUCTION
THUMB MP FPB, FPL AGAINST GRAVITY (FPB)
FLEXION

BEND UR THUMB, DON’T LET ME PULL IT BACK OUT

ADD RESISTANCE TO HEAD OF PROXIMAL PHALANX TO EXTENSION

GRAVITY ELIMIINATED (FPB)

THUMB IP FPL STABILIZE PROXIMAL PHALANX, RESIST DISTAL PHALANX


FLEXION

THUMB ADDUCTOR AGAINST GRAVITY


ADDUCTION POLLICIS
LIFT THUMB TO PALM OF YOUR HAND DON’T LET ME PULL IT DOWN, GRASP HEAD OF
PROXIMAL PHALANX
GRAVITY ELIMINATED

THUMB OPPONENS AGAINST GRAVITY


OPPOSITION POILLICIS
OPPONENS
DIGITI
MINIMI

TOUCH THUMB AND PINKY FINGER TOGETHER, DON’T LET ME PULL THEM APART

GRAVITY ELIMINATED

(LEFT) OPPONENS DIGITI MINIMI

(RIGHT) OPPONENS POLLICIS


ELBOW BICEPS BRACHII
FLEXION (SUPINATED)
BRACHIORADIALIS
(MIDPOSITION)
BRACHIALIS
(PRONATED)

GRADE 3 = FULL ROM WITHOUT RESISTANCE


ELBOW TRICEPS BRACHII
EXTENSION
ASK PATIENT TO STRAIGHTEN ELBOW
FA BICEPS BRACHII
SUPINATION SUPINATOR

RESISTANCE TO RADIUS AND ULNA


GRADE 3 = ASSESS FULL ROM

FA PRONATOR TERES
PRONATION PRONATOR
QUADRATUS

GRADE 3 FULL ROM


WRIST FCU, FCR
FLEXION
WRIST ECRB, ECRL, ECU
EXTENSION
ANKLE GATROCNEMIUS AGAINST GRAVITY/WEIGHT
PLANTARFLEXION SOLEUS GASTROCNEMIUS – KNEES EXTENDED

UNTESTED KNEE
OFF THE FLOOR
BALANCE ONLY
USING 2 FINGERS

ALLOW Pt TO DO 1
FULL HEEL RAISE B4
ASSESSMENT TO
CHECK FOR FULL
ROM

2 INHCES OFF THE


FLOOR

SOLEUS – KNEES BENT


GRAVITY ELIMINATED

STABILIZE AT PROXIMAL PART


OF ANKLE
ANKLE TIBIALIS
DORSIFLEXION ANTERIOR

RESISTANCE TOWARDS EVERSION


AND PLANTAR FLEXION
ANKLE INVERSION TIBIALIS
POSTERIOR
ANKLE EVERSION FIBULARIS
(with plantar LONGUS
flexion) FIBULARIS
BREVIS
HIP EXTENSION Gluteus ALL MUSLCES
maximus
Semitendinosus
Semimembrano
sus
Biceps fem (long
head)
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
HIP FLEXION ILIACUS
PSOAS MAJOR

HIP ABDUCTION GLUTEUS


MEDIUS.
GLUTEUS
MINIMUS
HIP ER OBTURATOR
EXTERNUS/INTE
RNUS
PIRIFORMIS
QUADRATUS
FEMORIS
GEMELLUS
SUPERIOR/INFE
RIOR
GLUTEUS
MAXIMUS
(POSTERIOR
FIBERS)
HIP IR GLUTEUS
MEDIUS
GLUTEUS
MAXIMUS
TENSOR
FASCIAE LATAE
KNEE FLEXION SEMIMEM ALL HAMSTRINGS
SEMITEN
BICEPS FEM

RESISTANCE TOWARDS EXTENSION


MEDIAL HAMSTRING

MEDIAL ROTATION OF TIBIA


LATERAL HAMSTRING

LATERAL ROTATION OF TIBIA


KNEE EXTENSION RECTUS FEM
VASTUS
INTERMEDIUS
VASTUS
LATERALIS
VASTUS
MEDIALIS
(LONGUS AND
OBLIQUE)
ASK PATIENT TO SQUEEZE THIGH

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