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muscle substitutions
Question | Answer |
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what are the muscle substitutions when hip flexors are weak ? | lower abdominal,lower obliques,hip adductors and latissimus dorsi. |
what are the muscle substitutions when hip extensors are weak ? | lower back extensors, adductor magnus, and quadratus lumborum. |
what are the muscle substitutions when pectoralis major is weak ? | long head of biceps, coracobrachialis, and anterior deltoid. |
what are the muscle substitutions when shoulder abductors are weak? | scapular stabilizers initiates shoulder motion. |
what are the muscle substitutions when hip abductors are weak? | lateral trunk muscle or tensor faciae latae. |
what are the muscle substitutions when finger flexors are weak? | passive finger flexion by contraction of wrist extensors. |