Special Tests For Conditions

Question 1

Disc Herniation

Answer 1

+: Naffziger’s Test
+: Well Leg Straight Leg Raise
+: Valsalva
-: Kemp’s Test

Question 2

TMJ Dysfunction

Answer 2

+: Auscultation Test
+: Occlusive Disharmony Test
+: Three-Knuckle Test
-: Chvostek Test

Question 3

Bicep’s Tendonitis

Answer 3

+: Speed’s Test
+: Yergason’s
-: Supraspinatus Test (Empty can test)

Question 4

Supraspinatus Tendonitis

Answer 4

\+: Supraspinatus Test (Empty can test)
\+: Painful Arc Test
\+: Neer Impingement Test
\+: Hawkin’s Kennedy Test
\+: Drop-Arm Test
-: Speed’s

Question 5

TOS: Pec Minor

Answer 5

+: Adson’s Maneuver
+: Allen Maneuver
-: Scalene Cramp Test

Question 6

TOS: Costoclavicular Syndrome

Answer 6

+: Eden’s Test
+: Costoclavicular Syndrome Test
+: Wright’s Hyperabduction Test
-: Scalene Cramp

Question 7

Lateral Epicondylitis

Answer 7

+: Mills’ Test
+: Lateral Epicondylitis Test (Method 3)
+: Cozen’s Test
-: Medial Epicondylitis Test

Question 8

Nerve Root Irritation/Compression

Answer 8

\+: Shoulder Abduction Relief Test
\+: Cervical Distraction Test
\+: Shoulder Depression Test
\+: Jackson Compression Test
\+: Spurling’s Test
\+: Kemp’s Quadrant’s
\+: Slump
\+: Kernig’s
-: Valsalva

Question 9

SI Joint Dysfunction

Answer 9

\+: Hibb’s Test
\+: Gaenslen’s Test
\+: Sacral Apex Pressure Test
\+: Patrick Test
\+: Pelvic Rock
\+: Sacral Fixation Test
-: Piriformis Test

Question 10

Piriformis Syndrome

Answer 10

+: Piriformis Test
+: Freiburg Sign
-: Gaenslen’s Test

Question 11

ITB Friction Syndrome

Answer 11

+: Ober’s Test
+: Noble’s Test
-: Brush Test

Question 12

Shortened Rectus Femoris

Answer 12

+: Ely’s
+: Rectus Femoris Contracture Test
+: Thomas Test
-: Ober’s

Question 13

Meniscus Damage

Answer 13

+: Apley’s Compression Test of the Knee
+: McMurray’s Test
+: Bragard’s Sign
-: Brush Test

Question 14

ACL Damage

Answer 14

+: Lachman’s Test
+: Anterior Drawer Test
+: Apley’s Distraction Test of the Knee
-: Brush Test

Question 15

PCL Damage

Answer 15

+: Posterior Sag Sign
+: Posterior Drawer Test
+: Apley’s Distraction Test of the Knee
-: Brush Test

Question 16

Patello-Femoral Syndrome

Answer 16

+ Waldron’s Test
+: Clarke’s Test
-: Ely’s Test

Question 17

Ankle Sprain

Answer 17

+: Kleiger Test
+: Talar Tilt
+: Anterior Drawer Test
-: Morton’s Neuroma

Question 18

Frozen Shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis

Answer 18

+: Adhesive Capsulitis Abduction Test
+: Apley’s Scratch
+: Scapulohumeral Rhythm
-: Drop-Arm

Question 19

Scoliosis

Answer 19

+: Functional or Structural Scoliosis Test
+: True Leg Length, Apparent Leg Length Tests
+: Scoliosis Small Hemipelvis
-: Kemp’s

Question 20

AC Dislocation

Answer 20

+: AC Shear
+: Painful Arc
-: Apprehension Test

Question 21

GH Dislocation

Answer 21

+: Apprehension
+: Painful Arc
-: AC Shear

Question 22

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Answer 22

+: Jaw Reflex
+: CN V Sensory Testing
-: Chvostek

Question 23

Bell’s Palsy

Answer 23

+: Chvostek
+: CN VII Testing
-: Jaw Reflex

Question 24

Median Nerve Lesion

Answer 24

\+: Phalen’s
\+: Tinel’s at Wrist
\+: Pinch Grip
\+: Pronator Teres Test
-: Froments

Question 25

Ulnar Nerve Lesion

Answer 25

+: Tinel’s at Elbow
+: Froment’s
+: ULTT4
-: Phalen’s

Question 26

Hyperlordosis

Answer 26

+: Thomas (shortened Iliopsoas and Rectus Femoris)
+: Ely’s (Shortened Rectus Femoris)
+: Ober’s (Shortened TFL)
+: Rectus Femoris Contracture Test
-: 90/90 Straight Leg Raise (Lengthened Hamstrings)

Question 27

TOS: Anterior Scalene

Answer 27

+: Scalene Relief Test
+: Scalene Cramp Test
-: Adson’s Maneuver

Question 28

Meningeal/Dural Irritation

Answer 28

+: Kernig’s
+: Slump
+: Lhermitte’s
-: Valsalva

Question 29

SI Joint Ligament Sprain

Answer 29

+: SI Joint Gapping (Ligament)
+: Yeoman’s (Ligament)
-: Hibb’s Test