Online Continuing Education Courses

Lower Limb Alternative Tests and Muscle Balance Research

• Summarize manual muscle strength testing: purposes; procedures; and grading.
• Describe origins, insertions, standard tests and alternative tests for ten muscles in the lower limb.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy and clinical experience in order to decide when alternative tests would be preferable to standard muscle strength tests and how to refine vectors of force and other testing procedures to accomplish these goals.
• Manually measure strength using 10 alternative procedures.
• Utilize current research findings as evidence to help justify manual muscle strength testing in your practice.