Muscle Testing

(T-0094)

Pronator Quadratus

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Screening Test

Functional Anatomy

Testing

Tape Specification KT Method Confirmation Testing

Patient position:
Supine or sitting with the elbow held against
the patient’s side, or stabilized by the
examiner to avoid any shoulder abduction
movement.
The forearm is maximally pronated and the
elbow maximally flexed in order to make the
humeral head of the pronator teres less
effective by being in a shortened position.

Examiner pressure:
At the lower forearm, above the wrist, in the
direction of supination.

Numeric

Grade

Percentage

of normal

Muscular

Contraction

Functional Level

5

100%

Normal

Full ROM against gravity, sustains position
with full manual resistance appropriate for age
and gender

4

75%

Good

Full ROM against gravity, sustains position
with moderate manual resistance appropriate
for age and gender

3

50%

Fair

Full ROM against gravity; unable to sustain
position with minimal resistance applied

2

25%

Poor

Full ROM with gravity eliminated; partial ROM
against gravity

1

10%

Trace

Evidence of slight muscle action
(e.g.isometric,twitch,palpation);no joint motion
produced

0

0%

Zero

No palpable or visible evidence of muscular
contraction

grade is 5

grade is lower than 5

0034-EL-XX Pronator Quadratus

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Testing

2007-12-16

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