Assessment of muscle tone and strength.
Mr. X a 52year old person with complaints of joints pains and joints instability, he has a history of frequent falls and injuries, and he has been advised for a strength training programme. Enumerate the various assessment methods used to measure the muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X
Topic: assessment of muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X.
The important component of fitness is muscle tone and muscle strength. It is the ability of an individual to use muscles to exert force on physical objects.
According to Stolov, 1966, muscles tone is "the resistance of the muscle to passive elongated or stretching”. It is a measure of muscles resistance to stretching while in a passive resting state. …show more content…
2.Palpation: his muscles will be felt for normally, firmness and flabbiness.
3.Range of joints movement
Specific maneuvers:
1.The babinski tone test: The arms of Mr X are abducted at the shoulders, while the fore-arms are passively flexed at the elbow. With hypotonity, there will be increased flexibility and mobility, and his elbows will be bent to an angle more acute than normal, while there will be reduced flexibility and passive flexion will not be carried out beyond an obtuse angle.
2.The head-dropping test: this will be done to determine the extra pyramidal rigidity of Mr X.
3.Pendulousness of the legs: wartenberg's pendulum test to determine the muscle tone of the legs of Mr. X.
4.The shoulder-shocking test: this is used to assess the range of swing of Mr. X.
5.The arm-dropping test: this is another method that will be used to assess the muscle tone of the arms of Mr X.
6.The ash worth scale: the modified ash worth scale will be used to measure Mr.x resistance during passive soft tissue
Mr. X a 52year old person with complaints of joints pains and joints instability, he has a history of frequent falls and injuries, and he has been advised for a strength training programme. Enumerate the various assessment methods used to measure the muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X
Topic: assessment of muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X.
The important component of fitness is muscle tone and muscle strength. It is the ability of an individual to use muscles to exert force on physical objects.
According to Stolov, 1966, muscles tone is "the resistance of the muscle to passive elongated or stretching”. It is a measure of muscles resistance to stretching while in a passive resting state. …show more content…
2.Palpation: his muscles will be felt for normally, firmness and flabbiness.
3.Range of joints movement
Specific maneuvers:
1.The babinski tone test: The arms of Mr X are abducted at the shoulders, while the fore-arms are passively flexed at the elbow. With hypotonity, there will be increased flexibility and mobility, and his elbows will be bent to an angle more acute than normal, while there will be reduced flexibility and passive flexion will not be carried out beyond an obtuse angle.
2.The head-dropping test: this will be done to determine the extra pyramidal rigidity of Mr X.
3.Pendulousness of the legs: wartenberg's pendulum test to determine the muscle tone of the legs of Mr. X.
4.The shoulder-shocking test: this is used to assess the range of swing of Mr. X.
5.The arm-dropping test: this is another method that will be used to assess the muscle tone of the arms of Mr X.
6.The ash worth scale: the modified ash worth scale will be used to measure Mr.x resistance during passive soft tissue