Spencer's Test

Question 1

7 stages

Answer 1

• Stage 1 Extension
• Stage 2 Flexion
• Stage 3 Compression & Circumduction
• Stage 4 Traction & Circumduction
• Stage 5A ABDuction
• Stage 5B Flexion, ADDuction, External Rotation
• Stage 6 Internal Rotation
• Stage 7 Deltoid Stretch with Glenohumeral Gapping

Question 2

Dx Postion

Answer 2

pt lateral recumbent with side to be tested up

always stabilize shoulder

Question 3

Purpose of tests

Answer 3

ROM

Question 4

Stage 1

Answer 4

Extension

Question 5

Stage 2

Answer 5

Flexion

Question 6

Stage 3

Answer 6

compression and circumduction

clock and counter

Question 7

Stage 4

Answer 7

Traction and circumduction

clock and counter

Question 8

Stage 5A

Answer 8

Abduction

Question 9

Stage 5B

Answer 9

Adduction

pt holds your forearm

Question 10

Stage 6

Answer 10

internal rotation
CAREFUL
pt dorsum of hand on lower back
take elbow anteriorly

Question 11

Stage 7

Answer 11

Glenohumoral gapping
stand anterior
pt hand rests on ph shoulder
cup humoral head away from fossa

Question 12

Las vega Mnemonic

Answer 12

• I was throwin’ elbows, 1 extension
• And uppercuts, 2 flexion
• I was feelin’ cocky, 3 compression circ
• Because I was fightin’ like Rocky!, 4 traction circ
• But the cops came and I had to fly, 5A abduction
• They caught me, so I threw up my hands
and said “It wasn’t me!” (Stage 5B adduction)
• They tried to arrest me anyway— (Stage6 abduction)
• So I had to throw a clothesline out and
get out of there!, 7 gapping