Manual Muscle Testing 202

Course overview

Summarize manual muscle strength testing: purposes; procedures; and grading. Describe origins, insertions, actions, athletic activities and common clinical conditions involved with the medial and lateral stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees. Apply knowledge of anatomy to refine vectors of force and other procedures involved in performing manual strength tests for muscles of the ankles & knees. Manually measure strength of the medial and lateral stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees. Interpret the significance of the results for the manual strength tests of the stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees.