Clinical reliability of manual muscle testing

 · The percentage of therapists obtaining a rating of the same grade or within one third of a grade ranged from 50% to 60% for the four muscles. This study indicates that using manual muscle testing to make accurate clinical assessments of patient status is of questionable www.doorway.ru by:  · Manual muscle testing (MMT) has a long history as a clinical procedure for grading muscle strength [ 1 ]. Individuals conducting the procedure use observation of muscles’ ability to create movement and respond to manual resistance to assign ordinal www.doorway.ru by: 4. Clinical reliability of manual muscle testing. Middle trapezius and gluteus medius muscles. The purposes of this study were to develop a protocol to examine the reliability of manual muscle testing in a clinical setting and to use that protocol to assess the interrater reliability of manually testing the strength of the middle trapezius and gluteus medius www.doorway.ru by:

Clinical Relevance: Clinically, manual muscle testing is used widely in the practice of physical therapy. The result of this systematic review suggest usage of MMT should be limited when testing and retesting cannot be performed by the same individual due to poor interrater reliability. Use of Manual Muscle Testing in Various Clinical Settings. Manual muscle testing is used in many different types of health care settings. In this section, we will discuss some of the more common applications of MMT in various clinical and therapeutic settings, with emphasis on the specific challenges often seen in each. We compared the reliability of 12 clinical evaluators in performing MMT and quantitative muscle testing (QMT) on 12 children with muscular dystrophy. QMT was reliable, with an interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of for biceps and grip strength, and for quadriceps strength.

Silver M, McElroy A, Morrow L, Heafner BK: Further standardization of manual muscle test for clinical study: applied in chronic renal disease. Phys Ther. , CAS PubMed Google Scholar Frese E, Brown M, Norton BJ: Clinical Reliability of Manual Muscle Testing. Phys Ther. , Frese E, Brwon M, Norton BJ. Clinical reliability of manual muscle testing. Middle trapezius and gluteus medius muscles. Phys Ther ; 67(7): [19] Hough CL, Lieu BK, Caldwell ES. Manual muscle strength testing of critically ill patients: Feasibility and interobserver agreement. Critical Care ; 15R [20]. The percentage of therapists obtaining a rating of the same grade or within one third of a grade ranged from 50% to 60% for the four muscles. This study indicates that using manual muscle testing to make accurate clinical assessments of patient status is of questionable value.