Online Continuing Education Courses

Anterior and Posterior Muscle of the Thigh

• Summarize manual muscle strength testing: purposes; procedures; and grading.
• Describe origins, insertions, actions, athletic activities and common clinical conditions involved with ten muscles in the anterior and posterior compartments of the thigh.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy to refine vectors of force and other procedures involved in performing manual strength tests for muscles of the thigh.
• Manually measure strength of ten muscles in the anterior and posterior compartments of the thigh.
• Interpret the clinical and athletic significance of abnormal results with manual strength tests of the anterior and posterior muscles of the thigh.