Muscle Length Test
Muscle Length Test: "Muscle length testing involves elongating the muscle in the direction opposite of its action while assessing its resistance to passive lengthening.... these tests are used to determine whether a muscle length is limited or excessive, i.e., whether muscles are too short to permit normal range of motion, or stretched and allowing too much range of motion (1)."
- Latissimus Dorsi Length Test (Muscle Length Test)
- Ely's Test (Rectus Femoris)
- Ober's Test (Tensor Fasciae Latae)
- Thomas' Test (Psoas and Iliacus)
- Hamstring Length Test
- Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscle Length Test
- Florence Peterson Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall McCreary, Patricia Geise Provance, Mary McIntyre Rodgers, William Anthony Romani, Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain: Fifth Edition © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins