Manual Muscle Tests

Question 1

extensor digitorum longus

Answer 1

extension of the toes 2-5
resistance on distal end (don’t let me break you out of this)

Question 2

extensor hallucis longus

Answer 2

extension of big toe
slight extension, don’t let me break you out of this

Question 3

flexor digitorum longus

Answer 3

flexion of toes 2-5
resistance at distal end of toe

Question 4

flexor digitorum brevis

Answer 4

flexion of toes 2-5
instead of resistance at distal end, resistance is at the MTP and IP joint

Question 5

flexor hallucis longus/flexor hallucis brevis

Answer 5

start the action of the muscle and then try to break out of it

Question 6

tibialis anterior

Answer 6

ask them to dorsiflex and invert, try to break them out of it

Question 7

peroneus brevis and longus

Answer 7

manually muscle tests the same
ankle evertors and plantar flexion; trying to move them into inversion an plantarflexion

Question 8

peroneus Tertius

Answer 8

an evertor and does dorsiflexion; trying to move them into inversion and plantarflexion

Question 9

gastrocnemius

Answer 9

ankle plantarflexion, but also crosses the knee joint; we test this with ankle plantarflexion and knee extension and try to move them out of it

Question 10

soleus

Answer 10

ankle plantarflexion; knee flexion, lay prone and resist ankle plantarflexion

Question 11

tibialis posterior

Answer 11

inversion and plantarfelxion, try to break then out of it (eversion and dorsiflexion)