Shoulder Abduction MMT

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Accuracy

Shoulder abduction MMT could only detect asymmetrical strength in shoulders when the involved shouulder was \(\leq 78.9\%\) as strong compared to the non-involved side¹.

References

Nagatomi T, Mae T, Nagafuchi T, Yamada SI, Nagai K, Yoneda M. Shoulder manual muscle resistance test cannot fully detect muscle weakness. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy: official journal of the ESSKA. 2017;25(7):2081-2088. doi:10.1007/s00167-016-4380-y

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Shoulder Abduction MMT. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Examination/Tests and Measures/Upper Extremity Tests/Strength Tests/Shoulder_abduction_MMT.html