Functional Extremities
Disclaimer
Functional Extremities provides education for licensed healthcare professionals. Apply what you learn within your scope of practice and the regulations where you practice. Course content is not a substitute for clinical judgment, diagnosis or referral.
This troubleshooting approach is a clinical reasoning framework, not a mandatory sequence. A persistent muscle-test finding does not, on its own, establish tissue pathology, spinal dysfunction or a specific diagnosis. Use your clinical judgment, and refer when the presentation calls for it.