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    Movement Muscle Position of Patient Position of Therapist Test Instructions To Patient Wrist Flexion

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    This document provides instructions for testing wrist flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, and radial deviation. It lists the muscles involved in each motion, positioning of the patient and therapist, the starting position for each test, and instructions for the therapist to give to the patient. The therapist applies pressure in different directions for each test while instructing the patient not to let the therapist move their wrist.

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    Movement Muscle Position of Patient Position of Therapist Test Instructions To Patient Wrist Flexion

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    Devon Mott
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    This document provides instructions for testing wrist flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, and radial deviation. It lists the muscles involved in each motion, positioning of the patient and therapist, the starting position for each test, and instructions for the therapist to give to the patient. The therapist applies pressure in different directions for each test while instructing the patient not to let the therapist move their wrist.

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    Manual muscle testing charts

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    MMT_Wrist_Final

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    This document provides instructions for testing wrist flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, and radial deviation. It lists the muscles involved in each motion, positioning of the patient and therapist, the starting position for each test, and instructions for the therapist to give to the patient. The therapist applies pressure in different directions for each test while instructing the patient not to let the therapist move their wrist.

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    Movement Muscle Position of Patient Position of Therapist Test Instructions To Patient Wrist Flexion

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    Devon Mott
    This document provides instructions for testing wrist flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, and radial deviation. It lists the muscles involved in each motion, positioning of the patient and therapist, the starting position for each test, and instructions for the therapist to give to the patient. The therapist applies pressure in different directions for each test while instructing the patient not to let the therapist move their wrist.

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    Movement Muscle Position of patient Position of Test Instructions to patient

    Therapist
    Wrist Flexor carpi ulnaris Seated or supine. Therapist seated Wrist in slight flexion. After demonstrating
    Flexion Palmaris longus Forearm resting in opposite or next Apply pressure dorsally movement to be
    Flexor carpi radialis nearly full supination to the client on over distal volar palm completed, place client
    on the supporting the side to be toward extension. in test position and
    surface, fingers and tested. state, “Don’t let me
    thumb relaxed move you.”
    Wrist Extensor carpi radialis Seated or supine. Therapist seated Wrist in slight extension. After demonstrating
    Extension longus Forearm resting on opposite or next Apply pressure dorsally movement to be
    Extensor carpi radialis supporting surface in to the client on over distal metacarpals in completed, place client
    brevis pronation. Fingers and the side to be perpendicular fashion in test position and
    Extensor carpi ulnaris thumb relaxed. tested. towards flexion. state, “Don’t let me
    move you.”
    Wrist Ulnar Extensor carpi ulnaris Seated or supine with Therapist seated Wrist in midulnar After demonstrating
    Deviation Flexor carpi ulnaris forearm in neutral opposite or next deviation. Apply pressure movement to be
    rotation and wrist in to the client on radially over fifth completed, place client
    slight extension and the side to be metatarsal or through in test position and
    neutral deviation. To tested. entire hand. state, “Don’t let me
    get action against move you.”
    gravity, elbow and
    shoulder must be
    flexed.
    Wrist Flexor carpi radialis Seated or supine. Therapist seated Wrist in midradial After demonstrating
    Radial Extensor carpi radialis Forearm in neutral opposite or next deviation. Apply pressure movement to be
    Deviation longus rotation, wrist in slight to the client on radially over the distal completed, place client
    Extensor carpi radialis extension and neutral the side to be second metacarpal or in test position and
    brevis deviation. Thumb tested. through the entire hand state, “Don’t let me
    pointing up. (not fingers) towards move you.”
    ulnar deviation.
    MMT Wrist

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