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This person has a knee extension lag.  1. Which muscle is shortened due to this flexion contracture? 2. How would you stretch the shortened muscle? Give clear instructions as if you were explaining it to a patient. (3 points for effective exercise and clear directions; 2 points for effective exercise but lacking in clear instructions; 1 point for naming an exercise but not providing directions; 0 points for blank or ineffective exercise).

  1. Which rotator cuff muscle is this? 2. What is its main action?

Starting at the proximal row, medially moving laterally, identify the carpal bones.        Starting at the distal row, medially moving lagerally, identify the carpal bones.  

Which term means “to examine or explore by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid”?

Answer the following. What are these muscles? (anterior, middle, posterior what) Provide the Origin and Insertion for each. When the muscles act together to create a motion, what type of force is that called? (linear, parallel, concurrent, or gravitational)  

Name all of the muscles that make up the hamstring muscle group. What actions do they perform? 

  What is this bone? Is it a right or a left?

What is soft tissue approximation? 

When palpating with one hand on top of the other, the top hand directs movement and depth.  What does the bottom hand do? 

Identify the following of the pelvic girdle. A.  B.  C. D. F.  L. O.  R.