Lower body & spine palpation
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- Created on: 04-01-21 15:36
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2. Supine
1) Place resistance hand on medial side of foot
2) Resist dorsiflexion & inversion
3) Palpate the distal tendon from the medial side of the ankle and follow up to find muscle belly
- Tibialis anterior
- Peroneus longus
- Peroneus brevis
- Soleus
3. Supine
1) Place fingers just distal & lateral to ASIS and resistance hand on anterolateral thigh
2) Patient medially rotates & flexes the hip (also abduct)
3) Can palpate distally to feel ITB
- Gluteus medius
- Tensor fascia latae
- Gluteus maximus
- Gracilis
4. Supine
1) Thigh on table but leg hanging off table
2) Place finger on tendon of adductor longus then drop off medially to be on gracilis
3) Patient flexes leg at knee
4) Tendon is most medially on medial side of knee (but hard to palpate)
- Tensor fascia latae
- Adductor longus
- Gracilis
- Sartorius
5. Supine
1) (see rectus femoris)
2) Palpate in anterolateral thigh just proximal to patella
- Biceps femoris
- Vastus lateralis
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
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