

After completing active and passive range of motion assessment you’re going to continue with resisted isometric muscle testing. During resisted isometric muscle testing of the wrist & hand you’re also going to include wrist flexion and extension as some of the forearm muscles are attached to the humeral epicondyles.
During resisted isometric muscle testing of the wrist and hand, you’re also going to evaluate the movements of pronation and supination which we covered in our post on the elbow joint.
For resisted isometric testing of the wrist and hand you can have your patient sit on a stool with the forearm resting on the bench.
For radial and medial deviation, the patient may make a fist.
Resisted Isometric Testing of the Hand & Fingers:
For resisted isometric testing of finger adduction and finger abduction, you can simply intertwine your fingers with those of the patient.
For resisted isometric testing of the thumb, fixate the hand including the scaphoid bone with one hand and make a fist around the patient’s thumb with your other hand.
Also check out our post on active range of motion assessment as well as passive range of motion assessment of the wrist and hand.
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