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Manual Muscle Testing: Shoulder Abduction

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Muscles Involved:[edit | edit source]

Deltoid (middle)

Patient Positioning[edit | edit source]

Seated, shoulder positioned in the scapular plane 25 degrees anterior to frontal plane, thumb directed up

For Grades 0-2 there is no 'gravity minimal' position for this movement.

Therapist Position[edit | edit source]

Therapist is standing at test side
Palpation over shoulder abductors.

To Test[edit | edit source]

Patient actively abducts the shoulder^[1]
For grades 4-5 therapist to provide resistance over distal humerus in the direction opposite to shoulder abduction in the scapular plane.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ 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.

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