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Your supervising PT evaluated a new pt. last week, who underwent a total hip replacement 3 months ago.  You have been assigned to treat her.  The pt. is a 70 y.o.  You are to see this patient as an O.P. in the PT clinic.  The Initial Evaluation included the following MMT data for her hip: HIP MMT:                      R                              L                       Flex 4-/5 5/5 Ext 3+/5 5/5 ER 4-/5 5/5 IR 4-/5 5/5 ABD 4/5 5/5 ADD 4-/5 5/5 One of her PT goals is to normalize Right hip strength.   The patient has been working on strengthening her Right hip musculature.   You reassess her with the following results: HIP MMT:                      R                              L                       Flex 4/5 5/5 Ext 3+/5 5/5 ER 4-/5 5/5 IR 4/5 5/5 ABD 4+/5 5/5 ADD 5/5 5/5

A therapist records a manual muscle test grade of poor for right hip adduction.  In order to assign this grade, the patient would have been positioned in__________?

If during a functional activity, a patient is having difficulty keeping her foot in the proper position required to ambulate only her toes on the floor (the heel is up), she most likely has weakness of what muscle(s)?

You are manually muscle testing a patient in prone, with their feet hanging over the end of the mat.  You ask the patient to plantar flex.  List the primary muscle(s) being assessed:

You are in the process of re-assessing a patient’s muscle grade to compare it to the initial PT evaluation.  You realize you will have to re-assess the patient utilizing a gravity-minimized position.  What is the best possible grade for this patient?

The procedure for manual muscle testing typically takes approximately 3 seconds.  If Alicia assesses Mr. Brown’s Quadriceps muscle strength at a 4/5, that means that he demonstrated what type of muscle contraction in order to earn that grade?

A therapist positions a patient in prone in preparation for manual muscle testing. Which of the following is the most correct statement regarding testing of the medial hamstrings:

During the MMT of knee flexion, you notice the leg externally rotating.  This indicates that what specific muscle(s) must be stronger?   

You are performing an MMT of hip adduction as part of a reassessment.  If you allow the patient to rest her top leg on the table in front of her, rolling her torso forward as you perform the test for hip adduction of the bottom leg, what might end up being substituted?

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