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== Muscles Involved: ==
''[[Peroneus Longus]]''
''[[Peroneus Brevis]]''
== Patient Positioning ==
side lying with test-side ankle off the edge of the plinth
For grades 0 to 2 patient can be supine or short sitting (gravity eliminated position)
== Joint start Position ==
Ankle plantar flexion, neutral range between inversion and eversion
== Therapist Position ==
Sit on stool/chair in front of patient
* One hand palpate over peroneal tendons
* For grades 4 and 5: provide resistance over dorsum + lateral foot
==To Test==
* Patient actively everts
* For grades 4 and 5: therapist to give resistance towards inversion & slight dorsiflexion <ref>Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.</ref>
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==References==
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Muscles Involved:[edit | edit source]

Peroneus Longus

Peroneus Brevis

Patient Positioning[edit | edit source]

side lying with test-side ankle off the edge of the plinth For grades 0 to 2 patient can be supine or short sitting (gravity eliminated position)

Joint start Position[edit | edit source]

Ankle plantar flexion, neutral range between inversion and eversion

Therapist Position[edit | edit source]

Sit on stool/chair in front of patient

  • One hand palpate over peroneal tendons
  • For grades 4 and 5: provide resistance over dorsum + lateral foot

To Test[edit | edit source]

  • Patient actively everts
  • For grades 4 and 5: therapist to give resistance towards inversion & slight dorsiflexion [1]
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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Hislop H, Avers D, Brown M. Daniels and Worthingham's muscle Testing-E-Book: Techniques of manual examination and performance testing. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2013 Sep 27.