Online Continuing Education Courses

Stabilizers of the Ankles and Knees

• Summarize manual muscle strength testing: purposes; procedures; and grading.
• Describe origins, insertions, actions, athletic activities and common clinical conditions involved with the medial and lateral stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy to refine vectors of force and other procedures involved in performing manual strength tests for muscles of the ankles & knees.
• Manually measure strength of the medial and lateral stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees.
• Interpret the significance of the results for the manual strength tests of the stabilizing muscles of the ankles and knees.