Pull-IT Knee Extension

Position: Position your client in sitting

Cues: Push as fast and as hard as you can and hold until I say stop - 3 to 5 seconds

Step 1 - Position client in sitting position with arms braced or resting their back against rigid surface

Step 1a - Attach leg strap to Pull-IT and fixing the device to a surface that will not move

Step 1b  Attach leg strap to client's leg

Step 2 - Position client's knee at approximately 90 degrees flexion

Step 3 - Push the START button on the side of the body that you are testing

Step 4 - Ask client to *push* as fast and as hard as you can and hold for until I say stop.

Step 5 - Rest for 3-5 seconds, repeat step 4 two more times

Step 6 - Push STOP

Step 8 - Repeat steps 2-6 on the other side.

Main Muscles: Quadriceps, Sartorius