Soft Tissue Therapy: Which is NOT a main function of the piriformis muscle:

1) Externally rotate the femur when the hip is extended or in neutral
2) Horizontally abduct the thigh when the hip is flexed to 90o
3) Externally rotate the femur when the hip is fully flexed
4) Internally rotate the femur when the hips is fully flexed

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Which is NOT a main function of the piriformis muscle:

1) Externally rotate the femur when the hip is extended or in neutral
2) Horizontally abduct the thigh when the hip is flexed to 90o
3) Externally rotate the femur when the hip is fully flexed
4) Internally rotate the femur when the hips is fully flexed

Alexandra Jessie Wilson · Accepted Answer

#3 Externally rotate the femur when the hip is fully flexed.

The other three were taken directly from the slides.

Soft Tissue Therapy

#3 Externally rotate the femur when the hip is fully flexed. The other three were taken directly from the slides.

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