Manual Muscle Testing

MMT is appropriate for clients who are able to VOLUNTARILY contract muscles

• true

• false

Manual muscle testing is the application of ________ by the tester or by the _____ to the voluntary maximum _______ of the patients muscle

• Pressure, force of resistance, gravity

• Force of gravity, contraction, resistance

• Resistance, force of gravity, contraction

Individual muscles may not be isolated and tested separately

• true

• false

Due to damage of the motor cortex, James has lost tone in the muscles of in his U.E. In order to assess how much contractability he has, the physical therapist must first perform an MMT.

• true

• false

Each grade is determined by 3 variables:________,__________and_________

• contractility, gravity, resistance

• tone, endurance, strength

• muscle grouping, patient position, resistance

Patient is unable to contract the muscle and no muscle tension is felt with palpation, muscle grade is 0

• true

• false

Which one of these statements concerning volitional contractions and gravity is/are true? (read these carefully)

• Volitional contraction through full available range of motion against gravity would be graded as 2/5 while volitional through full range of motion in a gravity minimized position would be grade as 5/5

• Volitional contraction through full available range of motion against gravity would be graded as 2/5 while volitional through full range of motion in a gravity minimized position would be grade as 3/5

• Volitional contraction through full available range of motion in a gravity minimized position would be graded as 2/5 while volitional through full range of motion against gravity would be grade as 5/5

• Volitional contraction through full available range of motion in a gravity minimized position would be graded as 2/5 while volitional through full range of motion against gravity would be grade as 3/5

MMT has excellent reliability and validity in strength grades above the fair or 3/5 grade

• true

• false

When testing resistance on one-joint muscles external force is best applied

• at the beginning of the available range of motion

• at the middle of the available range of motion

• at the end of the available range of motion

When testing resistance on two-joint muscles maximum resistance best applied

• at the beginning of the available range of motion

• at the middle of the available range of motion

• at the end of the available range of motion