Chapter 6 - [Hip] knee & thigh Flashcards
(21 cards)
Single plane movements knee
Flexion
Extension
Knee Muscles Main muscles
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Biceps Femoris
Gastrocs
Knee Flexion normal end feel and plane
soft tissue approximation, sagittal plane
Knee Extension Main muscles
Rectus Femoris
Vastus lateralis
Vastus Medialis
Vastus Intermedius
Knee Extension normal end feel and plane
Firm tissue stretch, sagittal
Single plane movements hip and pelvis
Flexion extension medial rotation lateral rotation Abduction Adduction
Hip Flexion main muscles
rectus femoris
iliopsoas
TFL
Hip Flexion normal end feel and plane
tissue stretch, sagittal
Hip Extension Main muscles
Glute max
Hamstrings
Hip Extension normal end feel and plane
Tissue stretch, sagittal
Medial hip rotation Main muscles
Glute med
Glute min
TFL
Semitendinosus
Medial hip normal end feel and plane
Tissue stretch, transverse
Lateral hip rotation Main muscles
Glute max
Hamstrings
Lateral hip normal end feel and plane
Tissue stretch, transverse
Hip Abduction Main muscles
Glute Med
Glute min
TFL& Piriformis when hip flexed)
Hip Abduction normal end feel and plane
soft tissue stretch, frontal
Hip Adduction Main muscles
Adductor group (Adductor longus) Gracilis
Hip Adduction normal end feel and plane
Soft tissue approximation, frontal
Patellofemoral Syndrome [H]
H: anterior knee pain, made worse with activities like running, jumping, stairs up or down, hiking, squatting. Better with rest. May have started a new activity
*Sitting for long periods w/ knee in flexion will aggrevate
Patellofemoral Syndrome [O, P]
O: May have Genu Valgus
P: Vastus lateralis or ITB may be HT
Patellofemoral Syndrome [R]
AROM pain possible with weight bearing flex, crepitus,
PROM
