Shoulder joint movements
Muscles of the shoulder (deltoid, teres major, etc), location and the movement they perform
Stretches and strengthening exercises for the shoulder muscles
Elbow and Radioulnar Joint
Bones that make up the joints
Type of joints (hinge, pivot)
Shoulder joint movements
Muscles of the elbow and radioulnar joint (tricep, brachialis, etc), location and the movement they perform.
Stretches and strengthening exercises for those muscles
Wrist and Hand joints
Carpal bones, metacarpals and phalanges
Joints at each finger and movements (metacarpophalangeal, interphalangeal, etc)
Joints at the thumb and movements (carpometacarpal, etc)
Movements at wrist and phalanges
Movements performed by the muscles of the wrist and hand (flexor carpi radialis, extensor digitorium, etc)
Location of the wrist flexors (anteromedial) and extensors (posterolateral)
Stretches and strengthening exercises for those muscles
Upper extremity exercises
Know the concept for closed and open kinetic chain and examples of exercises for each
Know muscles involved in the following exercises: arm curl, tricep extension, chest press and chin-up
Valsava Maneuver
Pelvis, Hip and thigh
Bones that make up the hip and pelvis girdle
Joint type (ball and socket) and movements
Muscles of the hip, pelvis and thigh (sartorius, illiopsas etc), their location and movements they perform
Nerves in the different areas of the thigh. Know the areas, not specific muscles being innervated. (Femoral Nerve-Anterior area muscles; obturator nerve- medial thigh; gluteal nerve-gluteal area; sciatic nerve-posterolateral thigh)
Stretches and strengthening exercise for the muscles