Shoulder Special Tests & Clinical Examination

Neer Impingement Test

Diagnosing Subacromial Impingement (Supraspinatus/Biceps tendon overuse)....

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Hawkins-Kennedy Test

Diagnosing Subacromial Impingement....

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Coracoid Impingement Sign

Diagnosing Subcoracoid Impingement (Lesser Tuberosity hitting the Coracoid)....

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Internal Rotation Resistance Stress Test (IRRST)

Differentiating Internal Impingement from Outlet Impingement....

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Empty Can Test (Jobe's)

Assessing the Supraspinatus tendon....

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Lift-Off Test (Gerber's)

Diagnosing Subscapularis tears....

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Hornblower's Sign

Diagnosing Teres Minor (and Infraspinatus) pathology....

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Rent Test (Transdeltoid Palpation)

Palpating Rotator Cuff Tears....

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Speed's Test

Diagnosing Bicipital Tendinopathy or SLAP lesions....

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Yergason's Test

Diagnosing Transverse Humeral Ligament integrity and Biceps Tendinopathy....

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Active Compression Test (O'Brien's)

Diagnosing SLAP Lesions or AC Joint pathology....

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Crank Test

Diagnosing Labral Tears (SLAP)....

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Kim Test

Diagnosing Posteroinferior Labral Lesions....

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Load and Shift Test

Grading Anterior/Posterior Instability....

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Apprehension and Relocation Test

Diagnosing Anterior Instability....

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Sulcus Sign

Diagnosing Multidirectional Instability (MDI) and Inferior Laxity....

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Jerk Test (Posterior)

Diagnosing Posterior Instability....

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Shoulder Anterior Drawer Test

Assessing Anterior Glenohumeral Instability....

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Cross-Body Adduction Test

Diagnosing AC Joint pathology....

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Wright's Test (Hyperabduction)

Diagnosing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)....

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Roos Test (EAST)

Diagnosing TOS....

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Shoulder General Examination

Learn how to perform the Shoulder General Examination orthopedic special test.

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Adson's Test

Diagnosing TOS (specifically Scalene muscle compression)....

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Allen Test (Shoulder)

Diagnosing TOS (Pectoralis Minor compression)....

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Costoclavicular Syndrome Test (Military Brace)

Diagnosing TOS (Costoclavicular space compression)....

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Halstead Maneuver

Diagnosing TOS....

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AC Shear Test (Paxinos Sign)

Diagnosing Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint pathology....

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Anterior Slide Test

Diagnosing SLAP Lesions (Superior Labrum Anterior to Posterior)....

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Clunk Test

Diagnosing Bankart or Labral Tears....

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Compression-Rotation Test

Diagnosing SLAP or Bankart lesions....

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Pain Provocation Test (Mimori)

Diagnosing SLAP Lesions....

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Feagin Test

Diagnosing Inferior Instability (Multidirectional)....

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Anterior Release Test (Surprise Test)

Diagnosing Anterior Instability.Part of the Apprehension-Relocation cluster....

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Whipple Test

Diagnosing Partial-Thickness Supraspinatus Tears....

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Upper Cut Test

Diagnosing Biceps Tendinopathy....

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Pectoralis Major Contracture Test

Assessing tightness of the Pectoralis Major....

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Lateral Scapular Slide Test (Kibler)

Diagnosing Scapular Dyskinesis and stability....

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Yokum Test

Diagnosing Subacromial Impingement....

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Posterior Impingement Sign

Diagnosing Internal Impingement (Posterior-Superior Glenoid Impingement).Common in throwers....

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Pectoralis Minor Length Test

Assessing tightness of the Pectoralis Minor (causes anterior scapular tilt)....

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Latissimus Dorsi Length Test

Assessing tightness of the Latissimus Dorsi....

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Olecranon-Manubrium Percussion Test

Screening for Shoulder Dislocation or Bony Injury....

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ULTT 1 (Median Nerve Bias)

Screening for Cervical Radiculopathy or Median Nerve tension....

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ULTT 2a (Median Nerve Bias)

Screening for Median Nerve tension....

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ULTT 2b (Radial Nerve Bias)

Screening for Radial Nerve tension....

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ULTT 3 (Ulnar Nerve Bias)

Screening for Ulnar Nerve tension....

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