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Table 2 Test positions for isometric muscle strength measurements with hand-held dynamometer

From: Muscle strength does not explain standing ability in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a cross sectional descriptive study

 

Muscle

Position in sitting

Lever arm from

Hip flexors

Hip and knee flexed 90°

Greater trochanter

Knee extensors

Hip and knee flexed 90°

Lateral knee joint

Ankle dorsiflexors

Knee flexed 30°

Lateral malleolus

Ankle neutral

Ankle plantarflexors

Knee flexed 30°

Lateral malleolus

Ankle neutral