Shoulder special tests

Question 1

Shoulder impingement tests

Answer 1

Painful arc

Neer

Hawkins-Kennedy Test

Posterior Internal Impingement Test

Cross-over/ Horizontal Adduction Test

Internal Rotation Resistance Strength Test (IRRST)

Question 2

Rotator Cuff Pathology tests

Answer 2

Full can/ Empty can or Jobe test

Drop arm

Infraspinatus

Drop sign

External rotation lag test

Lift off sign

Rent test

Question 3

Labral Tears

Answer 3

Active Compression (O’Brien’s)

Biceps load I and II test

Biceps tension test

Crank test (like hip scour)

Anterior slide

Clunk

Resisted supination ER test

Kim

Jerk

Pain provocation test

Modified dynamic labral shear test

Question 4

Muscle involvement tests

Answer 4

Speed’s test (biceps involvement)

Yergason’s test (biceps involvement)

Pec major length

Pec minor length

Latissimus dorsi length

Speed’s

Yergason’s test

Question 5

Shoulder instability

Answer 5

Sulcus test

Load shift test

Apprehension (crank) test/Jobe relocation test

Posterior shoulder instability jerk

Apprehension test

Posterior drawer test

Hyperabduction test

Anterior release/surprise test

Question 6

Acromioclavicular tests

Answer 6

AC shear test/ Paxinos test

Active compression (O’Briens)

Crossover horizontal adduction