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    This document lists various upper and lower extremity muscle strength tests categorized by the action, primary muscles involved, innervating nerves, and main nerve roots. For the upper extremity, actions include finger, thumb, wrist, elbow, and shoulder movements. For the lower extremity, actions include hip, knee, leg, foot, and toe movements. Each action is accompanied by the main muscle(s) responsible and the nerve(s) and nerve root(s) that innervate the muscle(s).

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    This document lists various upper and lower extremity muscle strength tests categorized by the action, primary muscles involved, innervating nerves, and main nerve roots. For the upper extremity, actions include finger, thumb, wrist, elbow, and shoulder movements. For the lower extremity, actions include hip, knee, leg, foot, and toe movements. Each action is accompanied by the main muscle(s) responsible and the nerve(s) and nerve root(s) that innervate the muscle(s).

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    Upper Extremity Strength Testing

    Action
    Finger extension
    Thumb abduction in
    plane of palm
    Finger abduction
    Finger and thumb
    adduction in plane of
    palm
    Thumb opposition
    Thumb abduction
    perpendicular to plane
    of palm
    Flexion at distal
    interphalangeal joints
    digits 2, 3
    Flexion at distal
    interphalangeal joints
    digits 4, 5
    Wrist flexion and hand
    abduction
    Wrist flexion and hand
    adduction
    Wrist extension and
    hand abduction
    Elbow flexion (with
    forearm supinated)

    Muscles
    Extensor digitorum,
    Extensor indicis,
    Extensor digiti minimi
    Abductor pollicis
    longus
    Dorsal interossei,
    Abductor digiti minimi

    Nerves

    Nerve
    Roots

    Radial nerve (posterior


    interosseous nerve)

    C7, C8

    Radial nerve (posterior


    interosseous nerve)

    C7, C8

    Ulnar nerve

    C8, T1

    Adductor pollicis,
    Palmar interossei

    Ulnar nerve

    C8, T1

    Opponens pollicis

    Median nerve

    C8, T1

    Abductor pollicis brevis Median nerve

    C8, T1

    Flexor digitorum
    Median nerve
    profundus to digits 2, 3

    C7, C8

    Flexor digitorum
    Ulnar nerve
    profundus to digits 4, 5

    C7, C8

    Flexor carpi radialis

    Median nerve

    C6, C7

    Flexor carpi ulnaris

    Ulnar nerve

    C7,C8,
    T1

    Extensor carpi radialis Radial nerve

    C5, C6

    Biceps, Brachialis

    Musculocutaneous nerve C5, C6

    Elbow extension

    Triceps

    Radial nerve

    C6,C7,
    C8

    Arm abduction at
    shoulder

    Deltoid

    Axillary nerve

    C5, C6

    Lower Extremity Strength Testing

    Action
    Hip flexion

    Muscles
    Iliopsoas

    Knee extension Quadriceps


    Hamstrings (semitendinosus,
    semimembranosus, biceps femoris)
    Gluteus medius, Gluteus minimus,
    Leg abduction
    Tensor fasciae latae
    Obturator externus, Adductor
    Leg adduction
    longus, magnus, and brevis, Gracilis
    Toe
    Extensor hallucis longus, Extensor
    dorsiflexion
    digitorum longus
    Foot
    Tibialis anterior
    dorsiflexion
    Foot plantar Triceps surae (gastrocnemius,
    flexion
    soleus)
    Knee flexion

    Foot eversion Peroneus longus, Peroneus brevis


    Foot inversion Tibalis posterior

    Nerve
    Roots
    Femoral nerve, and L1, L2,L3,
    L1-L3 nerve roots
    L4
    L2, L3,
    Femoral nerve
    L4
    Nerves

    Sciatic nerve

    L5, S1, S2

    Superior gluteal
    nerve

    L4, L5, S1

    Obturator nerve

    L2, L3,
    L4

    Deep peroneal nerve L5, S1


    Deep peroneal nerve L4, L5
    Tibial nerve

    S1, S2

    Superficial peroneal
    L5, S1
    nerve
    Tibal nerve
    L4, L5

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