Power

Question 1

how to assess hip power

Answer 1

1. Flexion – “raise your leg off the bed and stop me from pushing it down”
2. Extension – “stop me from lifting your leg off the bed”
3. ABduction – “push your legs out”
4. ADduction (L2/3) – “squeeze your legs in”

Question 2

how to assess knee power

Answer 2

1. Flexion – “bend your knee and stop me from straightening it”
2. Extension – “kick out your leg”

Question 3

how to assess ankle power

Answer 3

1. Dorsiflexion – “keep your legs flat on the bed…cock your foot up towards your face…don’t let me push it down “
2. Plantarflexion – “push down like on a pedal”
3. Inversion – “push your foot in against my hand”
4. Eversion – “push your foot out against my hand”

Question 4

how to assess big toe power

Answer 4

Extension – “don’t let me push your big toe down”