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1
Q

What are the reasons for muscle impairments?

A
Nerves (Spinal or Peripheral)
Disuse
Injury / Mechanical Stress
Disease
Ischemia

NDIDI!

2
Q

What are the clinical signs of muscle impairment?

A

Weakness - through force, endurance, power
Atrophy
Pain

WAP

3
Q

Describe the difference between sensory testing and muscle testing.

A

In both instances you would begin by looking either for a dermatomal or myotomal pattern of symptoms

Then, you would look at peripheral patterns

TAKE HOME: In muscle testing you are looking for symptoms NOT representative of a neurological pattern.

4
Q

What are symptoms of peripheral circulatory impairment?

A

Color
Absent Pulse
Pain
Swelling

CAPS

5
Q

What myotomes are used for a shoulder shrug?

A

C2, C3, C4

6
Q

What myotomes are used for shoulder abduction?

A

C5

7
Q

What myotomes are used for elbow flexion?

A

C6

8
Q

What myotomes are used for wrist extension?

A

C6

9
Q

What myotomes are used for Elbow Extension?

A

C7

10
Q

What myotomes are used for thumb extension?

A

C8

11
Q

What myotomes are used for finger abduction?

A

T1

12
Q

What myotomes are correlated with hip flexion?

A

L1, L2

13
Q

What myotomes are correlated with knee extension?

A

L3, L4

14
Q

What myotomes are correlated with dorsiflexion?

A

L4, L5

15
Q

What myotomes are correlated with Great Toe Extension?

A

L5

16
Q

What myotomes are correlated with plantarflexion?

A

S1