Term
| A pt comes in and is having trouble flexing his hip. You ask him to perform hip flexion in standing. He makes it about half way through the range and is unable to finish. what MMT grade would he be given? |
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Definition
| 3- does not complete full range but is more than half way |
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Term
| A pt comes in and you perform a MMT on her quads. You place her on the table and instruct her to extend her leg and hold it. You score her as a 4, but thru observation you know this cannot be right? What step was skipped and could be playing a role? |
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Definition
| Neither your arm or a towel roll was placed under pts leg to prevent them from using their weight and the force from the table. |
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Term
| A pt is placed in a gravity eliminated position. How would you position them to test hip flexion? why? |
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Definition
| Sidelying, when in gravity eliminated you want their body segment moving perpendicular to gravity so it does not alter it. |
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Term
| A soccer player comes in complaining of trouble kicking the ball lately. You perform MMT on both sides and notice he is stronger on the left. How did you position the pt and where were your hands? |
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Definition
| Pt is placed in seated position. Told to bring heel to shin. Your outside hand is placed on the outside of the knee on the tested leg. Your other hand is placed on the inside of his ankle. |
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Term
| A pt comes in needed a MMT on her quads. You ask her to bring her leg through full motion twice and on the second time hold it there. You perform the MMT on the second try and get a score of 4. You do the same thing on the opposite leg and get the same score. What did you do wrong (put the pt in danger)? |
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Definition
| Knee should never be in full extension when performing a MMT on the quads, you want about 15 degrees flexion. |
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Term
| You have a pt in sidelying and you ask them to abduct their top leg. As you begin the MMT what types of substitutions might you be looking for? |
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Definition
| Body curving instead of staying straight, gripping onto table, adducting bottom leg |
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Term
| A pt comes in and you need to MMT both the gluts and hamstrings you want to isolate them. You lay the pt prone and flex the knee, at this point you can still do either one explain what you would do next to isolate both groups. |
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Definition
have pt ext hip to find gluts
have pt resist flex for hams |
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Term
| A pt is prone with knee flex and his toes are facing outward as he resists the therapist. What muscle or muscle group is the therapist trying to find? |
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Definition
biceps femoris
Opposite (toes leaning toward other leg) is semi mem and ten |
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