Specialty Tests

Question 1

Shoulder Apprehension Test

Answer 1

Pushing externally rotated arm back - indicates Glenohumeral instability

Question 2

Empty Can Test

Answer 2

(+) Test - Pain or weakness

Indicates: Rotator Cuff (supraspinatus) Pathology

Question 3

Drop Arm Test

Answer 3

(+) Test - Arm drops quickly

Indicates: Full thickness tear of supraspinatus m.

Question 4

Painful Arc Test

Answer 4

(+) Test - pain b/w 60-120 degrees

Indicates: Subacromial impingement and/or rotator cuff injury

Question 5

Neer Impingement

Answer 5

Arm outstretched & pronated - passively flexed to full flexion
(+) Test - pain
Indicates: Subacromial Bursa or Rotator Cuff Impingement

Question 6

Hawkins Test

Answer 6

90 degree shoulder flexion with elbow bent parallel to floor. Passively into internal rotation
(+) Test - pain
Indicates: Subacromial Bursa or Rotator Cuff Impingement

Question 7

Cross Arm Test

Answer 7

(+) Test - Pain with end range adduction

Indicates: AC joint pathology

Question 8

Valgus Stress Test (Elbow or Knee)

Answer 8

(+) Test Indicates: sprained MCL

Question 9

Varus Stress Test (Elbow or Knee)

Answer 9

(+) Test Indicates: sprained LCL

Question 10

Tinel Test (elbow)

Answer 10

(+) Test - tingling or numbness down forearm/hand

Indicates: Ulnar N. entrapment/cubital tunnel syndrome

Question 11

Golfer’s Elbow Test

Answer 11

Arm outstretched, wrist flexed

(+) Test Indicates Medial Epicondylitis

Question 12

Tennis Elbow Test

Answer 12

Arm outstretched, wrist extended

(+) Test Indicates - Lateral Epicondylitis

Question 13

Tinel Test (wrist)

Answer 13

(+) Test Indicates - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Question 14

Phalen’s Test

Answer 14

Wrists flexed and dorsum of hands touching

(+) Test Indicates - Carpal Tunnel Syndrom

Question 15

Finkelstein Test

Answer 15

Thumb tucked into fist, wrist adducted

(+) Test Indicates - DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis

Question 16

Labral Loading

Answer 16

(+) Test Indicates - Labral or cartilaginous pathology

Question 17

Labral Distracting

Answer 17

(+) Test - Relief of pain

Indicates - Labral or cartilaginous pathology

Question 18

Scour Test

Answer 18

(+) Test Indicates - Labral or Articular Cartilage pathology

Question 19

Faber 1 Test

Answer 19

Legs make a 4, passively externally rotates

(+) Test Indicates - Labral pathology/impingement

Question 20

Faber 2 Test

Answer 20

Legs make a 4, actively externally rotates against pressure

(+) Test - Gluteus Medius pathology

Question 21

Faber 3 Test

Answer 21

Legs make a 4, actively internally rotates against pressure

(+) Test Indicates Iliopsoas insufficiency/pathology

Question 22

Jump Sign

Answer 22

Pressure on Greater Trochanter
(+) Test ilicits a jump
Indicates Trochanteric Bursitis

Question 23

Thomas Test

Answer 23

Knees hugged up to chest, releases one leg, Thigh should become flat with the table
(+) Test - Doesn’t lie flat
Indicates hip flexor contraction

Question 24

Anterior Drawer Test (Knee)

Answer 24

(+) Test indicates ACL insufficiency

Question 25

Posterior Drawer Test (Knee)

Answer 25

(+) Test indicates PCL insufficiency

Question 26

Lachman's Test

Answer 26

(+) Test indicates ACL insufficiency

Question 27

McMurray's Test

Answer 27

Valgus - Medial Meniscal Tear | Varus - Lateral Meniscal Tear

Question 28

Apley's Grind Test - Compression

Answer 28

(+) Test - Meniscal injury, collateral ligament injury, or both

Question 29

Apley's Grind Test - Distraction

Answer 29

(+) Test - Relief of pain Indicates - meniscus injury (+) Test - Pain Indicates - Collateral Ligament damage

Question 30

Patella-Femoral Grinding Test

Answer 30

(+) Test indicates roughness of articulating surfaces

Question 31

Anterior Drawer Test (Ankle)

Answer 31

Grab Ankle, hold heel and pull anteriorly (+) Test - pain, no springing, excessive motion/laxity Indicates: Anterior Tibiofibular Ligament pathology/tear (Lateral ankle sprain)

Question 32

Talar Tilt Test

Answer 32

Hold ankle, invert the talus (+) Test - Laxity, increased ROM, or pain Indicates: Calcaneofibular Ligament Pathology/tear (also some later ankle sprain)

Question 33

Eversion Test

Answer 33

(+) Test - Laxity, increased ROM, pain | Indicates: Deltoid Ligament pathology (medial ankle sprain)

Question 34

Squeeze Test

Answer 34

Hold and squeeze distal tibia/fibula (+) Test - pain at syndesmosis Indicates High ankle sprain (syndesmosis pathology)

Question 35

Thompson Test

Answer 35

Squeeze Calf (+) Test - absence of plantar flexion Indicates: Achilles tendon rupture

Question 36

Homan's Sign

Answer 36

Knee extended, dorsiflex the foot and apply lateral compression to calf (+) Test - pain with dorsiflexion Indicates: Thrombophlebitis or acute deep vein thrombosis (do not have to perform test)