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Muscle tests (ALL RESISTED) Flashcards

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Tibialis anterior test

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  • Dorsiflexion and inversion
  • Resist down and out towards eversion and planterflexion
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Tibialis posterior test

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  • Planterflexion and inversion
  • Push up and out towards eversion for resistance
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FHL test (Flexor Hallucis Longus) (Big toe)

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  • Get patient to Flex the end part of the big toe
  • Resist by pushing up
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FDL (Flexor Digitorum longus) (foot)

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  • Get patient to Flex all the other toes end part one by one
  • Resist by pushing up
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EHL test (Extensor Hallucis Longus) (Big toe)

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  • Get patient to extend end part of big toe
  • Push down on it for resistance
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EDL test (Extensor Digitorum Longus) (foot)

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  • Get patient to extend end part of all the other toe
  • Push down on them for resistance
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Gastrocnemius test

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  • Get patient to lie in prone with their feet hanging off the bed
  • Put your thigh by the patients foot and ask them to push their toes into your thigh
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Soleus test

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  • Get patient to lie prone with their knee flexed to 90 degrees
  • Put your arm on their heel with their sole across your arm
  • Get them to push into your arm
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Peroneals test

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  • Resist patient doing eversion
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Quadriceps as a group test

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  • Patient sitting with both legs off bed
  • Grab around the middle of their leg and get them to kick out into your hand
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VMO (Quads) test

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  • Patient lying in supine
  • Put hand under one knee to slightly flex it and place it on their other knee cap
  • Hold the ankle with your other hand
  • Get them to push their leg into your hand by straightening
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Rectus Femoris test (Quads)

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  • Patient lying in supine with one leg hanging off the side of the bed
  • Put your leg against their foot and get them to drive their thigh up to the ceiling and kick out at your leg
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Hamstrings as a group test

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  • Patient in prone with knee bent 90 degrees
  • Get them to pull heel towards their bum and u resist
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Lateral Bicep femoris test (Hamstrings)

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  • Patient in prone with knee bent 90 degrees
  • Push on lateral side of their heel and get them to push their heel towards their front
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Medial Semitendinosus &
Semimembranosus test (Hamstring)

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  • Patient in prone with knee bent 90 degrees
  • Internally rotate their foot while getting them to pull up towards their bum
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Sartorius test

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  • Sit on edge of bed and pull one foot up towards their other knee
  • Then push down on their lifted leg while they try to push up
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Gracilis test

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  • Patient lie on their side but bring top leg over like they are spooning
  • Put hand on their back leg hamstring and get them to push up into your hand
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Tensor Fascia Latae test

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  • Patient lie on their side but bring bottom leg over
  • Grab the side of their top leg and get them to push up into your hand
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Gastrocnemius test

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  • Patient lying prone with feet hanging off end of the bed
  • Get them to plantarflex their toes into your thigh
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Popliteus test

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  • Patient lying prone with feet hanging off the end of the bed with one foot slightly lifted
  • Get them to hold internal rotation of their foot whilst you rotate their leg into external rotation
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Iliopsoas test

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  • Patient sitting off end of bed
  • Get them to lift their knee up and resist it pushing downwards
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Sartorius test

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  • Patient sitting off end of the bed
  • Get them to bring their heel up inside their knee
  • Get them to push knee up while u resist down
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Quads as a group test (HIP)

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  • Patient sitting off end of the bed
  • Get them to go into knee extension and you resist by pushing in
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Gluteus maximus test

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  • Patient in prone with knee bent and get them to drive heel towards ceiling
  • Touch their thigh area and push down
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Glute med/Glute min test

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  • Patient lying in side with bottom leg bent up towards hip flexion
  • One hand on the hip and the other on the upper leg thigh
  • Get them to push upper leg towards ceiling while u resist
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Adductors as a group test

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  • Patient on their side with top leg over at the front in hip flexion and bottom leg straight at the back
  • Get them to push their bottom leg up whilst u resist downwards
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Gemelli (as a group) test

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  • Patient in supine
  • Resist external rotation of their hip
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Anterior Deltoid test

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  • Patient sitting on bed
  • Get them to punch into your hand with their elbow bent while u resist
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Middle deltoid test

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  • Patient sitting on bed
  • Put them in same position for punch put get them to push up while u push their higher arm down
30
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Posterior deltoid test

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  • Patient sitting on bed
  • Put them in punch position and get them to push back against ur hand with their elbow
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Upper Trapezius test

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  • Patient sitting on bed
  • Get them to shrug their shoulders up while u put ur hands on them
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Middle and lower Trapezius test

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  • Patient lying in prone
  • Get them to retract their shoulders and depress
  • Whilst you protract and elevate their scapula
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Rhomboids test

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  • Patient lying in prone
  • Get them to retract their shoulders
  • Push straight down towards the bed
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Latissimus dorsi test

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  • Patient lying in prone
  • Get them to externally rotate their arm in prone
  • Resist just above the elbow get them to push up
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Biceps brachii short head test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Get them to resist elbow flexion with elbow at their side
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Biceps brachii long head test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Straighten their elbow to extension for long head
  • Resist them pushing their elbow up
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Triceps brachii test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Get behind them and get them to push their arm into your hand behind them
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Infraspinatus test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Resist external rotation with hands by their side
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Subscapularis test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Resist internal rotation with hands by their side
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Supraspinatus test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Resist abduction (pushing their arm out)
41
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Teres minor test

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  • Patient sitting
  • Resist external rotation and abduction (pushing their arm out)
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Pectoralis major test (Sternal & clavicular fibres (90 &
150 degrees)

A
  • Patient lying in supine
  • Bring their arm across slightly to the opposite shoulder only a tiny bit
  • Then bring it back and stretch it straight up
  • resist these movements
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Serratus anterior test

A
  • Patient lying in supine
  • Get them to put their arm out like superman and push up whilst u resist
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Sternocleidomastoid test

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  • Patient lying in supine
  • Get them to rotate their head to the right
  • Then get them to lift their head into your hand with little resistance
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Brachioradialis test

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  • Patient in sitting
  • Get them to resist elbow flexion with their hand on its side with thumb facing up
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Brachialis test

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  • Patient in sitting
  • Get them to resist elbow flexion with their hand fully pronated
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Extensor digitorum test

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  • Resist all four fingers at once get them to push up into your hand
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Extensor carpi radialis longus test

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  • Put hand in fist and push into extension then radial deviation and resist
  • Keep arm long for longus
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Extensor carpi radialis brevis test

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  • Put hand in fist and push into extension then radial deviation and resist
  • Bend elbow for brevis
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Extensor carpi ulnaris test

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  • Put hand in fist and push into extension and ulnar deviation then resist
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Extensor digiti minimi test

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  • Extension of little finger resisted
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Flexor carpi radialis test

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  • Put hand in fist and push into flexion and radial deviation then resist
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Flexor carpi ulnaris test

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  • Put hand in fist and push into flexion and ulnar deviation then resist
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Flexor Digitorum Profundus test

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  • Resist flexion of all the very end segments of finger
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Flexor Digitorum Superficialis test

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  • Resist flexion of all the 2nd segments of finger
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Palmar interossei (PAD) test

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  • Have their fingers laying flat with hand pronated
  • Put your fingers inbetween their gaps and get them to squeeze together
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Dorsal interossei (DAB) test

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  • Have their fingers laying flat with hand pronated
  • Put your fingers inbetween their gaps and get them to open their fingers out into your fingers
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Lumbricals test

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  • Get them to do a crocodile grip and put a piece of paper in the gap and get them to keep it there
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Flexor Pollicis longus test

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  • Resist flexion of their top part of thumb
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Flexor Pollicis brevis test

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  • Resist flexion of the 2nd part of the thumb
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Extensor Pollicis longus test

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  • Resist extension of their top part of thumb
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Extensor Pollicis brevis test

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  • Resist extension of their 2nd part of thumb
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Abductor Pollicis longus test

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  • Resist abduction of their top part of thumb
  • Have hand sideways and abduction is towards body
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Abductor Pollicis brevis test

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  • Resist abduction of their 2nd part of thumb
  • Have hand sideways and abduction is towards body
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Adductor Pollicis test

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  • Resist adduction of their top part of thumb
  • Have hand sideways and adduction is away from body
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Opponens Pollicis

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  • Get patient to put thumb and pinky together
  • Try to move them away with them resisting

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