MMT Flashcards
elbow extension (2 muscles)
- muscle: tricep and aconeous (palpate: tricep and aconeous)
- radial nerve (C7-T1)
- position: prone over edge of bed
- movement: horizontal adduction
- resist: bend elbow a little to stop lock mechanism
- GE: sitting- 90 deg
- substitutions: trunk flexion
elbow flexion -3 muscles
1. muscles: bicep (front of arm) brachialis (side of bicep) brachioradialis- (supercondylar ridge) bracialis, brachioradialis 2. nerve: musculocutaneous nerve 3. position: sitting 4. movement: flexion 5.stabilize: forearm, resist, distal forearm 6. GE: 90 degrees 7. substitutions: trunk extension
scapula elevation (1 muscle)
- muscles: upper traps
- CN11
- position: sit
- movement: shrug shoulders
- GE: supine
- substitutions: rhomboids or elbow extension
scapula aBduction and upward rotation
- muscles: serratus ant (palpate inf angle scapula and axillary border upper 7th=8th ribs)
- nerve: long thoracic nerve (C5-C7)
- position: sit
- movement: flex 135 deg upward rot like punching out
- GE: no GE, support weight of humerus
- sub: trunk rotation, any GH movement, elbow extension, upper traps
scapula aDduction
- middle traps (superior lip of spine of scapula)
- CN 11 (C3-C4)
- prone
- movement: horizontal adduction (VC- pinch shoulder blades, pinch pencil in btwn shoulder blades)
- push into lat angle of scapula- if really fit, push on humerus
- GE: horizontal abduction sitting
- substitutions: trunk extension, horizontal abduction at glenohumeral (NOT scapula movement!)
scapula aDduction and depression
- lower traps (root of medial spine -> T6-T12)
- CN11 (C3-C4)
- prone
- movement: arm 140 deg abducted, thumb up to ceiling and raise arm
- push root of spine
- GE: no GE, support weight of humerus
- substitutions: middle traps, trunk rotation
scapula aDduction and downward rotation
- rhomboids (medial border of scapula)
- dorsal scapular nerve (C5)
- prone
- movement: put arm in small of back and push hand out
- push scapula into abduction and upward rotation
- GE: sitting
- sub: trunk rotation or GH movement
wrist flexion (2 muscles)
- wrist flexors - FCU, FCR
- median nerve/ ulnar nerve (C6-T1)
- position: sit , flexed elbow, arm in supination
- movement: flex wrist
- resist/break test: proximal to MCP joint
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: FDP, FDS
Glenohumeral Flexion (2 muscles)
- Anterior Deltiod, coracobrachialis
- Axillary Nerve (delt), musculocutaneous (coracobrachialis) C5-C7
- sitting position
- movement: flexion
- resist flexion starting at 90 degrees (distal end of humerus)
- GE: Side lying
- sub: strong external rotation, lots of scapula movement, trunk extension
Glenohumeral aBduction (2 muscles)
- Middle Deltoid, Supraspinatus (middle delt, spine of scapula)
- Axillary Nerve (middle delt), Suprascapular nerve C5-C6
- sitting position, shoulder in full external rotation
- movement: aBduction
- stabilize scapula, clavicle, push on distal humerus at 90 degrees
- GE: supine
- sub: trunk lateral flexion, scapula movement
forearm supination (2 muscles)
- bicep and supinator (palate- below radial head)
- bicep = musculocutaneous, supinator = radial nerve (C5-C7)
- position: sitting with arm against trunk
- movement: pronation => supinate
- resist/break test: pt starts in supination, hold onto radial styoid process and try to do pronation
- GE: flexed shoulder (royal wave)
- sub: shoulder AD, external rotation
forearm pronation
- pronator teres (med condyle) and pronator quadratus (not palpable)
- median nerve (C6-C8)
- position: sitting with arm against trunk
- movement: supination => pronation
- resist/break test: pt starts in pronation, hold onto radial styloid head and try to do supination
- GE: flexed shoulder (royal wave)
- sub: shoulder aB, int rotation
2-5 MCP extension
- extensor digitorium (tendons palpable at center of hand/forearm)
- radial nerve (C7-C8)
- position: pronated forearm/ wrist
- movement: extension at MCP
- resist: push into flexion
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: wrist ext, wrist flex
2-5 MCP aBduction (2 muscles)
- dorsal interossi (1st dorsal interossi palpable on radial side of 2nd MC), abductor digiti minimi
- ulnar nerve (C8-T1)
- position: pronated forearm/ wrist
- movement: aBduction at MCP
- resist: push into midline
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: sub wrist ext (?)
2-5 MCP aDduction
- palmar interossei (#1 ulnar, #2/3 radial side of finger)
- ulnar nerve (C8-T1)
- position: pronated forearm/wrist
- movement: aDduction at MCP
- resist: push into midline
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: flexion
2-5 PIP flexion
- FDS (palpate radial btwn FCU and PL)
- median (C8-T1)
- position: supination
- movement: flexion - with other digits hyperextend
- resist: pull into extension
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: (DIP must be extended) DIP flexion, wrist ext (gives passive tension on FDP)
2-5 DIP flexion
- FDP
- 2-3 median, 4-5 ulnar (C8-T1)
- position: supination
- movement: flexion
- resist/ stabilize: stabilize middle phalanx
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: wrist extension (gives passive tension)
ext rotation (2 muscles)
- infraspinatus (upper 2/3 axillary border), teres minor
- infraspinatous = supraspinatus nerve, teres minor = axillary nerve (C5-C6)
- position: prone, shoulder 90/ elbow 90
- movement: keep elbow bent, bring hand up towards head
- resist/break: resist on wrist, working thru joint so be careful
- GE: lay on edge of bed with arm hanging over, rotate in and out
- sub: forearm supination
int rotation (3 muscles)
- teres major, subscapularis, pec major
- teres major/ subscap = subscsap nerve, pec major = med/lat pectoral nerve (C5-T1)
- position: prone, shoulder 90/ elbow 90
- movement: keep elbow bent, bring forearm back
- resist/ break: resist on wrist, working thru joint so be careful
- GE: edge of bed and rotate arm in and out
- sub: forearm pronation
Scaption (2 muscles)
- Anterior/Middle Deltoid, Supraspinatus
- ant/midle delt =Axillary Nerve, supra= supracapular nerve (C5-C6)
- position:Sitting
- movement = betwn aBduction and flexion
- resist/ break: push down, starting at 90 deg
- GE: None (need to support)
- sub: doing more flex/ aBduction
Thumb MCP flexion
- FPB (on the ulnar portion of thenar eminence)
- median nerve (C8-T1)
- position: supinated forearm (?)
- movement: flexion at MCP
- resist: thumb flexion
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: FPL
GH extension (2 muscles)
- teres major, latissimus dorsi (palpate inf angle of scapula)
- teres major = subscapular nerve, lats = thoracodorsal nerve
- position: prone with arm in anatomical position
- movement: extend arm
- resist/ stabilize: stabilize shoulder, push distal to axilla
- GE: side lying (can bend elbow a little to eliminate bicep insufficency
- sub: excessive scapula help, rotate out of side ly for gravity help
GH horizontal aBduction
- posterior deltoids
- axillary nerve
- position: prone, shoulder 90/elbow 90
- movement: bring humerus up
- resist: proximal to elbow
- GE: sitting (PT can hold arm)
- sub: scapula adduction, trunk rotation
GH horizontal aDduction
- pec major (palpate sternal an clavicular head)
- med/ lat pectoral nerve
- position: supine, arm and elbow flexed (90/90)
- movement: cross arms over body
- resist/break: pull away (sternal head, external rotation for break test, clavicular head, int rotation for break test)
- GE: sitting
- sub: trunk rotation
thumb CMC aBduction (2 muscles)
- AbPL (snuff box), AbPB (plamar thenar eminence)
- AbPL = radial nerve, AbPB = median nerve
- position: forearm supine
- movement: thumb lift towards ceiling (don’t let me push down)
- resist: adduct 1st MC
- GE: forearm neutral
- EPB, ulnar deviation
thumb CMC aDduction
- aDductor pollicis (palmar thenar eminence)
- ulnar nerve
- pronated forearm
- movement: bring thumb to index finger
- resist: push 1st MC in abduction
- GE: forearm neutral
- sub: EPL
thumb MCP and IP extension (2 muscles)
- EPL/ EPB (bottom of snuff box)
- radial nerve
- neutral forearm
- movement: bring thumb to point towards ceiling
- resist: push into flexion
- GE: forearm supinate
- sub: ulnar deviation
Wrist extension (3 muscles)
- ECRl, ECRb, ECU
- radial nerve
- Supinated
- Extend wrist
- Push on MCP
- GE: neutral forearm
- Sub: finger ext