You are performing muscle strength testing on a patient presenting with musculoskeletal pain and find that the patient has complete ROM with gravity eliminated.Which numeric grade of muscle strength would you give this patient?

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When a patient has complete range of motion (ROM) with gravity eliminated, it indicates that the muscle can move through its full ROM but not against gravity. This corresponds to a muscle strength grade of 2 on the 0-5 muscle grading scale.

You Are Performing Muscle Strength Testing on a Patient Presenting