Special Tests (Shoulder)

Question 1

What are the different tests for impingment?

Answer 1

Neer Impingement Test
Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement
Yocum Test
Painful Arc Test

Question 2

What are the different tests for rotator cuff integrity?

Answer 2

Drop Arm Test
Empty Can test
External Rotation Lag Sign
Lift Off Test
Internal Rotation Lag Sign
Posterior Impingement Sign
Hornblower's Sign

Question 3

What are the different tests for biceps tears?

Answer 3

Speed’s Test

Yergason’s Test

Question 4

What are the different tests for superior labral tears?

Answer 4

Clunk Test
Crank Test
Jerk Test
O'Brien's Test (Active Compression)
Anterior Slide Test
Compression Rotation Test

Question 5

What are the different tests for AC Joint Pathology?

Answer 5

O’Brien’s Test
Impingement/Horizontal Adduction Test
Acromioclavicular Resisted Extension Test

Question 6

What are the different tests for anterior instability?

Answer 6

Load and Shift Test
Apprehension Test
Jobe Subluxation/Relocation Test
Rockwood Test

Question 7

What are the different test for inferior and multidirectional instability?

Answer 7

Sulcus Sign

Feagin Test

Question 8

What are the different tests for posterior instability?

Answer 8

Load and Shift Test

Posterior Apprehension or Stress Test

Question 9

What does the Neer Impingement Test test for?

Answer 9

Overuse of the supraspinatus muscle and sometimes the biceps tendon

Question 10

What does the Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Test test for?

Answer 10

Subacromial impingement

Question 11

What does the Yocum Test test for?

Answer 11

Subacromial impingement

Question 12

What does the Painful Arc Test test for?

Answer 12

Subacromial impingment (however, if the pain is at end range it may indicate AC pathology)

Question 13

What does the Drop Arm Test test for?

Answer 13

A tear of the rotator cuff complex

Question 14

What does the Empty Can Test test for?

Answer 14

Supraspinatus tear or neuropathy of the tendon

Question 15

What does the External Rotation Lag Sign test for?

Answer 15

Tear of the supraspinatus or infraspinatus

Question 16

What does the Lift Off Test test for?

Answer 16

Subscapularis Lesion

Question 17

What does the Internal Rotation Lag Sign test for?

Answer 17

Subscapularis Tear

Question 18

What does the Posterior Impingement Sign test for?

Answer 18

Rotator Cuff Tear and/or posterior labral tear

Question 19

What does the Hornblower’s Sign test for?

Answer 19

Teres Minor Pathology

Question 20

What does Speed’s Test test for?

Answer 20

Biceps tendonitis
May also produce pain with SLAP lesion
Severe grade 2 or 3 strain causes profound weakness
More effective than Yergason’s test because the bone moves over the tendon

Question 21

What does Yergason’s Test test for?

Answer 21

Biceps tendonitis

Question 22

What does the Clunk Test test for?

Answer 22

Labral tear

Question 23

What does the Crank Test test for?

Answer 23

Labral tear

Question 24

What does the Jerk Test test for?

Answer 24

Posterioinferior labral tear

Question 25

What does O'Brien's Test (Active Compression Test) test for?

Answer 25

``` AC Joint (pain on top of shoulder) SLAP Lesion (Pain within shoulder) ```

Question 26

What does the Anterior Slide Test test for?

Answer 26

Labral tear

Question 27

What does the Compression Rotation Test test for?

Answer 27

Labral tear

Question 28

What does the Impingement/Horizontal Adduction Test test for?

Answer 28

AC Joint Pathology

Question 29

What does the Acromioclavicular Resisted Extension Test test for?

Answer 29

AC Joint Pathology

Question 30

What does the Load and Shift Test test for?

Answer 30

``` Anterior Instability (25% anterior translation normal) Posterior Instability (50% posterior translation normal) ```

Question 31

What does the Apprehension Test test for?

Answer 31

``` Anterior Microsubluxation (if pain anteriorly) Internal Impingement (if pain posteriorly) ```

Question 32

What does the Jobe Subluxation/Relocation Test test for?

Answer 32

Anterior Instability

Question 33

What does the Rockwood Test test for?

Answer 33

Anterior instability

Question 34

What does the Sulcus Sign Test for?

Answer 34

Inferior instability

Question 35

What does the Feagin Test test for?

Answer 35

Inferior instability (more stress on inferior GH ligament)

Question 36

What does the Posterior Apprehension Test or Stress Test test for?

Answer 36

Posterior instability