{"id":12425,"date":"2022-11-01T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/?post_type=wiki&amp;p=12425"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:37:07","slug":"pectoralis-minor-length-test","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/pectoralis-minor-length-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Pectoralis Minor Length Test"},"featured_media":12426,"template":"","class_list":["post-12425","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"page-header-detail-page","background":{"background_image":12426,"background_image_alt_text":"Pectoralis Minor Length Test"},"heading":"Pectoralis Minor Length Test","subheading":"Chest Assessment","content_editor":"","button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Check our shop","button_style":"button-five","button_internal_link":4646,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":"","label":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"submenu","links":[{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Learn","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-3","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Assessment E-Book","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-4","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Reviews","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-5","button_url":"","button_file":null}],"dropdown_label":"Go to","button_right":{"button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Become a member","button_style":"button-three","button_internal_link":16662,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":""},"button_description":"Find this wiki on the Physiotutors platform"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>Learn<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<h6>Pectoralis Minor Length Test<\/h2>\nThe Pectoralis muscles are famous for getting shortened, the reason for this mainly lies in our sedentary lifestyles where many people spend hours a day in front of a desk or computer with protracted shoulders and the arms in internal rotation and adduction.\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6WSybz0modY&t=66[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\nTo assess for tightness of the pectoralis minor muscle have your patient in supine lying position and place the heels of your hand on the patient's coracoid processes.\nThen, apply downward pressure.\n\nIf your patient experiences muscle stretch this indicates tightness of the pectoralis minor\n\n[cta]\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you are interested in muscle length assessment of other muscles in the shoulder region, check out our wiki posts below:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/pectoralis-major-length-test\/\">Pectoralis Major Length Test<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/biceps-brachii-length-test\/\">Biceps Brachii Length Test<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/triceps-brachii-length-test\/\">Triceps Brachii Length Test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>References<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.nl\/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=cxu0BQAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PP1&amp;ots=mrCNwQBzSi&amp;sig=lma-LEFGziZofhQyfoaF6EZ9b7s&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magee DJ. 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