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Specialty Tests Flashcards

1
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Shoulder Apprehension Test

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Pushing externally rotated arm back - indicates Glenohumeral instability

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Empty Can Test

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(+) Test - Pain or weakness

Indicates: Rotator Cuff (supraspinatus) Pathology

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Drop Arm Test

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(+) Test - Arm drops quickly

Indicates: Full thickness tear of supraspinatus m.

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Painful Arc Test

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

Indicates: Subacromial impingement and/or rotator cuff injury

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Neer Impingement

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

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Hawkins Test

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

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Cross Arm Test

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(+) Test - Pain with end range adduction

Indicates: AC joint pathology

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Valgus Stress Test (Elbow or Knee)

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(+) Test Indicates: sprained MCL

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Varus Stress Test (Elbow or Knee)

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(+) Test Indicates: sprained LCL

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Tinel Test (elbow)

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

Indicates: Ulnar N. entrapment/cubital tunnel syndrome

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Golfer’s Elbow Test

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Arm outstretched, wrist flexed

(+) Test Indicates Medial Epicondylitis

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Tennis Elbow Test

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Arm outstretched, wrist extended

(+) Test Indicates - Lateral Epicondylitis

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Tinel Test (wrist)

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(+) Test Indicates - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Phalen’s Test

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Wrists flexed and dorsum of hands touching

(+) Test Indicates - Carpal Tunnel Syndrom

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Finkelstein Test

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Thumb tucked into fist, wrist adducted

(+) Test Indicates - DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis

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16
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Labral Loading

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(+) Test Indicates - Labral or cartilaginous pathology

17
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Labral Distracting

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(+) Test - Relief of pain

Indicates - Labral or cartilaginous pathology

18
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Scour Test

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(+) Test Indicates - Labral or Articular Cartilage pathology

19
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Faber 1 Test

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Legs make a 4, passively externally rotates

(+) Test Indicates - Labral pathology/impingement

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Faber 2 Test

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Legs make a 4, actively externally rotates against pressure

(+) Test - Gluteus Medius pathology

21
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Faber 3 Test

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Legs make a 4, actively internally rotates against pressure

(+) Test Indicates Iliopsoas insufficiency/pathology

22
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Jump Sign

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

23
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Thomas Test

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

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Anterior Drawer Test (Knee)

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(+) Test indicates ACL insufficiency

25
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Posterior Drawer Test (Knee)

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(+) Test indicates PCL insufficiency

26
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Lachman’s Test

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(+) Test indicates ACL insufficiency

27
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McMurray’s Test

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Valgus - Medial Meniscal Tear

Varus - Lateral Meniscal Tear

28
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Apley’s Grind Test - Compression

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

29
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Apley’s Grind Test - Distraction

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

30
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Patella-Femoral Grinding Test

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(+) Test indicates roughness of articulating surfaces

31
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Anterior Drawer Test (Ankle)

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

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Talar Tilt Test

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

33
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Eversion Test

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(+) Test - Laxity, increased ROM, pain

Indicates: Deltoid Ligament pathology (medial ankle sprain)

34
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Squeeze Test

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

35
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Thompson Test

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

36
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Homan’s Sign

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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)

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