Physical Exam Special Tests Flashcards
Shoulder Imoingement Tests
Neer
Hawkins-Kennedy
Bicipital Tendinitis Tests
Speed’s Sign
Yergason’s Test
Rotator Cuff Tear Tests
Empty Can
Drop Arm
Recurrent Instability Injury Tests
Apprehension Test- Anterior/posterior
Sulcus Sign- Inferior
Load and shift test- Anterior/posterior
SLAP Tear Test
O’Brien Test
Crank Test
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Adson’s Test
Elevated Arm Stress
Test (EAST)
Ulnar Collateral Ligament
Milking Maneuver
Tinel’s Sign
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Elbow Flexion Test
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Tinel’s Sign
Phalen’s Sign
DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
Finkelstein Test
Trendelenburg Test/Sign
Hip abductor strength- gluteus medius
and minimus
Thomas Test
Hip flexor contracture
Log Roll Test
Pain with internal rotation
OA vs femoral neck fracture
FABER (Patrick) test
Flexion-abduction-external rotation
SI joint or hip problem
Piriformis Syndrome
Lasegue Sign
Piriformis test
Lasegue Sign
Pain with knee extension with hip flexed to 90
Femoral Acetabular Impingement
FADIR
FADIR
Decreased flexion
Decreased IR
Patella
Apprehension Test
J sign
Apprehension Test
Move patella laterally
+ if pain, apprehension, quad contraction
J Sign
Patella begins laterally subluxed then suddenly shifts
medially engaging in the femoral groove
Meniscus
McMurray’s Test
ACL
Anterior Drawer
Lachman’s test
PCL
Posterior Drawer
Posterior Sag Sign
Collateral Ligaments
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Ankle
Anterior Drawer
Thompson Test
Inversion/Eversion stress Test
Foot
Interdigital Neuroma Test
Ankle Sprain
Anterior Drawer
Squeeze Test
External rotation Test
Achilles Tendon Rupture
Thompsons Test
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tinel Sign
Interdigital (Morton) Neuroma
Squeeze Test
Spurling Test
Narrows the neural foramen
Will increase or reproduce radicular symptoms
Straight-Leg Raise
Pain in lumbar spine when asymptomatic side is raised
Herniated Disk
Straight-Leg Raise
Seated-Straight Leg Raise
If positive- pt should lean back when you raise the leg
Sciatic Tension
Seated Straight-leg raise
Hip and SI joint pathology
FABER) Test
(flexion-abduction-external rotation
Cervical Radiculopathy
Spurlings
Cervical Spondylosis
Spurling’s Test
Babinski Sign
Brudzinski-Kernig Test
Ankle Clonus
Chronic Low Back Pain
Straight-Leg Raise
Lumbar herniated disk1
Straight-Leg Raise
Seated Straight-Leg Raise
Spinal Stenosis
Romberg Test
SI Joint Dysfunction
Compression Test
FABER test
Spondylolysis/Spondylolisthesis
Straight-Leg Raise
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Schober Test
Schober Test
Measures mobility of the lumbar spine
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips
Ortolani Test
Barlow’s Test
Galleazzi Sign
Skin Fold Discrepancy
SCFE
Klein’s Line
