MMT Muscles Flashcards
What are the muscles tested in the ANTERIOROLATERAL MMT?
- -Sternocleidomastoid
- -Scalenes
What are the muscles tested in the POSTEROLATERAL NECK EXTENSORS MMT?
- Splenius capitis and cervicis
- Semispinalis capitis and cervicis
- Cervical erector spinae
What is the MMT for the Splenius capitis muscle?
Posterolateral neck extensors test
What is the MMT for the Splenius cervicis muscle?
Posterolateral neck extensors
What is the MMT for the SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS muscle?
posterolateral neck extensors test
What is the MMT for The SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS muscle?
Posterolateral neck extensor test -prone
What is the MMT for the CERVICAL ERECTOR SPINAE?
Posterolateral neck extensors
What is the MMT for the LONGUS COLLI muscle?
Anterior neck flexors -supine
What is the MMT for the RECTUS CAPITIS ANTERIOR muscle?
Anterior neck flexors test -supine
What is the MMT for the LONGUS CAPITIS muscle?
Anterior neck flexors test -supine
In the trunk extension test for the back extensors, the erector spinae muscles are assisted by which 3 muscles?
- the latissimus dorsi,
- quadratus lumborum,
- and trapezius.
In the trunk extension test, the low back muscles are seldom weak, but if there appears to be weakness what must be ruled out first?
then hip flexor tightness and/or hip extensor weakness must be ruled out first
What are the muscles tested in the ANTERIOR NECK FLEXORS MMT?
- -Longus capitis
- -Rectus capitis
- -Longus colli
In MMT of the TERES MAJOR muscle, what is the direction of the pressure applied on the patient?
Flexion and abbduction
In MMT of the teres LATISSIMUS DORSI muscle , what is the direction of the pressure applied on the patient?
Patient prone, abbduction and slight flexion
