Special Tests (Shoulder) Flashcards

Questions over the different tests for different pathologies. Questions over which pathology each test tests for.

1
Q

What are the different tests for impingment?

A

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

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What are the different tests for rotator cuff integrity?

A
Drop Arm Test
Empty Can test
External Rotation Lag Sign
Lift Off Test
Internal Rotation Lag Sign
Posterior Impingement Sign
Hornblower's Sign
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3
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What are the different tests for biceps tears?

A

Speed’s Test

Yergason’s Test

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What are the different tests for superior labral tears?

A
Clunk Test
Crank Test
Jerk Test
O'Brien's Test (Active Compression)
Anterior Slide Test
Compression Rotation Test
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What are the different tests for AC Joint Pathology?

A

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

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6
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What are the different tests for anterior instability?

A

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

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7
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What are the different test for inferior and multidirectional instability?

A

Sulcus Sign

Feagin Test

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What are the different tests for posterior instability?

A

Load and Shift Test

Posterior Apprehension or Stress Test

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What does the Neer Impingement Test test for?

A

Overuse of the supraspinatus muscle and sometimes the biceps tendon

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10
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What does the Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Test test for?

A

Subacromial impingement

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11
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What does the Yocum Test test for?

A

Subacromial impingement

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12
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What does the Painful Arc Test test for?

A

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

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What does the Drop Arm Test test for?

A

A tear of the rotator cuff complex

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What does the Empty Can Test test for?

A

Supraspinatus tear or neuropathy of the tendon

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15
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What does the External Rotation Lag Sign test for?

A

Tear of the supraspinatus or infraspinatus

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16
Q

What does the Lift Off Test test for?

A

Subscapularis Lesion

17
Q

What does the Internal Rotation Lag Sign test for?

A

Subscapularis Tear

18
Q

What does the Posterior Impingement Sign test for?

A

Rotator Cuff Tear and/or posterior labral tear

19
Q

What does the Hornblower’s Sign test for?

A

Teres Minor Pathology

20
Q

What does Speed’s Test test for?

A

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

21
Q

What does Yergason’s Test test for?

A

Biceps tendonitis

22
Q

What does the Clunk Test test for?

A

Labral tear

23
Q

What does the Crank Test test for?

A

Labral tear

24
Q

What does the Jerk Test test for?

A

Posterioinferior labral tear

25
Q

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

A
AC Joint (pain on top of shoulder)
SLAP Lesion (Pain within shoulder)
26
Q

What does the Anterior Slide Test test for?

A

Labral tear

27
Q

What does the Compression Rotation Test test for?

A

Labral tear

28
Q

What does the Impingement/Horizontal Adduction Test test for?

A

AC Joint Pathology

29
Q

What does the Acromioclavicular Resisted Extension Test test for?

A

AC Joint Pathology

30
Q

What does the Load and Shift Test test for?

A
Anterior Instability (25% anterior translation normal)
Posterior Instability (50% posterior translation normal)
31
Q

What does the Apprehension Test test for?

A
Anterior Microsubluxation (if pain anteriorly)
Internal Impingement (if pain posteriorly)
32
Q

What does the Jobe Subluxation/Relocation Test test for?

A

Anterior Instability

33
Q

What does the Rockwood Test test for?

A

Anterior instability

34
Q

What does the Sulcus Sign Test for?

A

Inferior instability

35
Q

What does the Feagin Test test for?

A

Inferior instability (more stress on inferior GH ligament)

36
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What does the Posterior Apprehension Test or Stress Test test for?

A

Posterior instability