Muscle Testing: A Concise Manual

by Earle Abrahamson, Jane Langston

Overview

Muscle testing - A Concise Manual, provides a reference for understanding how structure relates to function, and how by knowing function we can learn structural configurations.

The book summarises the key anatomical facts and figures, give methods for muscle testing by several techniques, and provides clinically useful information to supplement the tests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912085651
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	10/28/2019
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Earle Abrahamson (Author)
Earle Abrahamson holds qualifications in human movement sciences, clinical psychology and pedagogy. He is professor in the scholarship of teaching and learning, a National Teaching and Principal fellow of Advance HE and teaching and learning specialist at the University of Hertfordshire (UK). Additionally, he is chair of the GCMT and a registrant board member of the CNHC. He has over 25 years experience in education and clinical practice and leads programmes and curriculum development in clinical anatomy and sports therapy.

Jane Langston (Author)
Jane Langston worked for over 20 years in haematology and blood transfusion laboratories within the National Health Service and is Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science. She went on to develop her skills as an Amatsu practitioner in a busy clinic in Hertfordshire for another 20 years. Jane is a teacher of Amatsu Soft Tissue Therapy and of anatomy and physiology and is a director of Amatsu Training School Ltd and Learn Anatomy Ltd.

Table of Contents

About the authors ix

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword David H. Perrin xiii

Foreword Ian McCarthy xv

Preface xvii

Glossary xix

Section 1 Introduction 002

Introduction and principles of muscle testing 005

Overview of musculoskeletal anatomy, testing, and palpation 005

Biotensegrity and fascia - the connective tissue system 017

How to use this book 017

Section 2 Muscle Tests By Region 022

Head and neck 024

Sternocleidomastoid 024

Scalenes (anterior, middle, and posterior) 028

Splenius capitis 033

Levator scapulae 037

Trapezius (upper fibers) 041

Shoulder and elbow 046

Trapezius (middle fibers) 046

Trapezius (lower fibers) 050

Supraspinatus 054

Infraspinatus 058

Teres minor 062

Subscapularis 066

Teres major 070

Deltoid (anterior fibers) 073

Deltoid (middle fibers) 077

Deltoid (posterior fibers) 081

Coracobrachialis 085

Biceps brachii 089

Triceps brachii 092

Forearm and wrist 096

Brachioradialis 096

Supinator 099

Pronator teres 103

Pronator quadratic 106

Opponens pollicis 110

Opponens digiti minimi 114

Torso and trunk 118

Pectoralis major (clavicular and sternal portions) 118

Pectoralis minor 123

Rectus abdominis 127

Transverse abdominis 131

Quadratus Iumborum 134

Erector spinae group (sacrospinalis) 138

Latissimus dorsi 142

Serratus (anterior) 146

Rhomboid group (major and minor) 150

Pelvis 154

Psoas major and minor 154

Iliacus 158

Piriformis 162

Gluteus maximus 166

Gluteus medius 170

Tensor fasciae latae 174

Thigh and knee 178

Quadriceps femoris group 178

Rectus femoris 182

Vastus medialis 186

Vastus lateralis 189

Vastus intermedius 192

Hamstring group 195

Biceps femoris 199

Medial hamstrings (semitendinosus and semimembranosus) 203

Adductor magnus 207

Adductor longus and brevis 211

Gracilis 214

Popliteus 218

Sartorius 222

Lower leg, ankle, and foot 226

Gastrocnemius 226

Soleus 229

Tibialis anterior 232

Tibialis posterior 236

Fibular is group (peroneus) 240

Extensor hallucis longus 246

Flexor hallucis longus 250

Extensor digitorum longus 254

Extensor digitorum brevis 257

Section 3 Gait Testing 262

Introduction to gait testing 265

Contralateral shoulder and hip flexor gait test 266

Contralateral shoulder and hip extensor gait test 268

Contralateral shoulder and hip abductor gait test 270

Contralateral shoulder and hip adductor gait test 272

Contralateral psoas and pectoralis major gait test 274

Contralateral gluteus medius and abdominals gait test 276

Index 279