![]() ![]() Test: Pt extends head by tilting chin upward (nodding) Command: look at the wall, hold don't let me move you Position Grades 2-0: Supine with head on the table, arms at sides. Ther: Standing at side next to head, resistance over occupit with 1 hand, other hand beneath head. Position Grades 5-3:Prone with head off end of table, arms at sides. Examiner moves pt into hold position and asks to hold position, then relax 0 Zero: No activity from muscles when asked to hold position. An Innovative Approach to Manual Muscle Testing' is highly rated and available at Amazon.ĥ Normal: Full ROM AG, examiner cannot break the patient's hold position 4 Good: Full ROM AG, can withstand strong resistance but yields with maximal resistance 'has been deprived of at least half of it's innervation' 3 Fair: Full ROM AG ONLY, additional resistance causes motion to break make sure muscles not in locked position 'Function Threshold' 2 Poor: Full ROM GM (no resistance) usually in a horizontal plane of motion 1 Trace: Visual or palpation detection of contractile activity, but no movement occurs. The Diaphragm and its Global Relationships. ![]()
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