Muscle and Joint Exam

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This course demonstrates the clinical techniques in completing a muscle and joint examination as part of a comprehensive look at the patient’s present condition. One of the reasons we fail in helping our patients achieve long-term health and function is due to a risk from force. The joint and muscle exam reveal existing damage as well as indicators that the stomatognathic system is being exposed to force beyond it’s adaptive capacity.

1. Clinical Steps in completing a joint exam
2. Clinical Steps in completing a muscle palpation
3. Joint auscultation
4. Range of motion evaluation

I.    Introduction

II.   Joint exam

III.  Muscle exam

Mohl N D, Zarb G A , Carlsson G E, Rugh J D : A Textbook of Occlusion. Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago/London/Berlin/Saul Paulo/Tokyo/ Hong Kong, 1988/