MMT Positions - Hip Flashcards
Hip Flexion Muscles
Rectus femoris
Hip flexors
Hip Flexion Against Gravity
Patient at EOB
Lift leg towards chest
Push down on distal thigh
Hip Flexion Gravity Eliminated
Side-lying
Lift top leg, bring into slight extension
Bend hip, bring toward chest
Hip Flexion Gravity Eliminated (can’t complete)
Supine
Try to lift leg off table
Sartorius Against Gravity
EOB
Slide heel up shin of opposite leg
Push down and in at knee, down and out at ankle
Sartorius Gravity Eliminated
Supine
Slide heel up side of opposite leg
Sartorius Gravity Eliminated (can’t complete)
Supine
Palpate near origin
Hip Extension Muscles
Hamstrings
Glut max
Hip Extension Against Gravity
Prone
Lift leg off table
Push down distally
Hip Extension Gravity Eliminated
Side-lying
Lift top leg, bring into slight flexion
Bring leg back into extension
Hip Extension Gravity Eliminated (can’t complete)
Prone
Palpate glut max
Try to bring leg toward ceiling
Isolate Glut Max Against Gravity
Prone, knee bent to 90
Lift leg off table
Push down at distal thigh
Isolate Glut Max Gravity Eliminated
Side-lying
Lift up top leg, bring into slight hip flexion with knee at 90
Bring leg back into extension
Isolate Glut Max Gravity Eliminated (can’t complete)
Palpate glut max
Try to bring foot to ceiling
Hip Abduction Muscles
Glut med and min
Hip Abduction Against Gravity
Side-lying with bottom leg bent
Abduct toward ceiling
Push down on distal thigh, stabilizing pelvis
Hip Abduction Gravity Eliminated
Supine
Support under ankle
Bring leg toward outside
Tensor Fascia Latae Against Gravity
Side-lying with hip flexed to 45
Bring leg toward ceiling
Push down on distal thigh, stabilizing pelvis
Tensor Fascial Latae Gravity Eliminated
Supine with leg out straight
Bring leg toward outside
Hip Adduction Muscles
Adductor magnus, longus and brevis
Gracilis
Pectineus
Hip Adduction Against Gravity
Side-lying with top leg raised
Raise lower leg into adduction
Push down on bottom leg
Hip Adduction Gravity Eliminated
Supine with leg not being tested out of way
Support ankle of leg being tested
Bring leg toward inside
Hip External Rotation Muscles
Piriformis
GOGOs
Quadratus Femoris
Hip External Rotation Against Gravity
Sitting EOB with foot off table
Bring foot inward
Pull leg out, stabilizing lateral side of knee
Hip External Rotation Gravity Eliminated
Supine with let slightly IR
Roll foot toward outside
Hip Internal Rotation Muscles
Anterior fibers of glut med/min
TFL
Hip Internal Rotation Against Gravity
Sitting EOB with foot off table
Bring foot outward
Pull leg in, stabilizing medial side of knee
Hip External Rotation Gravity Eliminated
Supine with let slightly ER
Roll foot toward inside