This would represent which muscle strength grading?
You are testing the biceps strength in a young man following a spinal trauma from a motor vehicle accident. He cannot lift his hand upward, but if the arm is abducted to 90 degrees, he can then move his forearm side to side.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
B) II
The ability to move an extremity, but not against gravity, represents a strength of 2 out of 5. Zero represents no muscular contraction detected (not even a “flicker”); one represents a contraction but no movement of the extremity; three means that the extremity can move against gravity but not against resistance; four means perceived weakness but the patient can oppose some resistance; and five is normal.
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