special tests

Question 1

extend and sidebend C-spine to side being tested, add compression to head. elicits arm pain

Answer 1

spurling or compression test - neural foramina narrowing

Question 2

flex, extend, and other ranges of cervical motion. holding for 10 sec each

Answer 2

wallenburg test - vertebral artery insufficiency

Question 3

neck extended and fully rotated to either side.

Answer 3

underburg - vertebral artery insufficiency

Question 4

thoracic outlet syndrom tests

Answer 4

adsons, wrights, costoclavicular syndrome test

Question 5

neurovascular bundle compressed btwn clavicle and first rib - radial pulse while depressing and extending the shoulder

Answer 5

costoclavicle/ military posture

Question 6

neurovascular bundle btwn pec minor and corocoid process - hyperabducting arm and slight ectension

Answer 6

wright’s test

Question 7

shoulder extended, abducted and externally rotated

Answer 7

adsons - NV bundle in tight scalene muscles

Question 8

shoulder motion reach behind head, up back and across front

Answer 8

apley’s scratch test

Question 9

assess biceps tendon in bicipital groove - shoulder extension results in pain

Answer 9

speed test -

Question 10

bicipital clicking or pain on resisted pronation

Answer 10

yergasons

Question 11

fingers wrap thumb and ulnar deviation

Answer 11

finkelstein test