Re: Understanding Rehab PE

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Belinda,

Can you get any other number designations out of it? There are two usual ways

to express results of a manual muscle test, and both are acceptable.

Either: (any number between 0 and 5)/5, dictated e.g. 4/5 (doc may add plus

or minus for half-grades)

Or: the descriptive equivalent:

0/5 = " zero "

1/5 = " trace "

2/5 = " poor "

3/5 = " fair "

4/5 = " good "

5/5 = " normal "

Descriptive grades may also be modified with plus or minus, e.g.

" fair-minus. "

If your doc is ending the grade with " /5, " seems like he must be giving you

the numeric grades. I've worked in PT for 5 years and have never heard of

letter grades being assigned.

Hope this will help you.

CW

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> I really don't know what this is. I think she is examining strength,

> but I don't know if she is saying C minus and A plus below, and if I'm

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> this correctly. Can anyone help me understand this part of the PE?

> The proximal left upper extremity is s/l C-/5, the distal left upper

> extremity 1/5, the proximal left lower extremity s/l A+/5, the distal left

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> extremity 4-/5.

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