TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Testing Muscle Function A1 - Waxman, Stephen G. PY - 2020 T2 - Clinical Neuroanatomy, 29e AB - Muscle testing depends on a thorough understanding of which muscles are used in performing certain movements. Testing is best performed when the patient is rested, comfortable, attentive, and relaxed. Pay attention to whether muscle weakness, atrophy, or abnormal muscle tone are segmental (at a particular loud along the neuraxis), on unilateral versus bilateral. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186191010 ER -