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* Patient actively abducts the shoulder<ref>Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.</ref> | * Patient actively abducts the shoulder<ref>Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.</ref> | ||
* For grades 4-5 therapist to provide resistance over distal humerus in the direction opposite to shoulder abduction in the scapular plane. | * For grades 4-5 therapist to provide resistance over distal humerus in the direction opposite to shoulder abduction in the scapular plane. | ||
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Muscles Involved:[edit | edit source]
Deltoid (middle)
Patient Positioning[edit | edit source]
Seated
For Grades 0-2 there is no gravity eliminated position for this movement.
Joint start Position[edit | edit source]
Joint should be positioned in the scapular plane 25 degrees anterior to frontal plane
Elbow should be slightly flexed
Thumb should be directed up in the anatomical position.
Therapist Position[edit | edit source]
- Therapist is standing at test side
- Palpation over shoulder abductors.
To Test[edit | edit source]
- Patient actively abducts the shoulder[1]
- For grades 4-5 therapist to provide resistance over distal humerus in the direction opposite to shoulder abduction in the scapular plane.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.