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Shoulder Special Tests

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Special Test
Tests for...
Positive (+) Test
Anterior Drawer Test (Shoulder)   Tests for anterior instability   (+) sign is clicking and/or anterior subluxation  
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Posterior Drawer (Shoulder)   posterior GH instability   clicking and/or posterior subluxation  
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Jobe Relocation Test   anterior instability   decreased pain and discomfort when humeral head is relocated (A/P)  
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Apprehension Test   instability   pain, discomfort, look of apprehension on patient's face, feeling that shoulder will dislocate  
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Clunk Test   labral tear   grinding or palpable "clunk" in shoulder with movement  
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Sulcus Sign   multi-directional instability   increased gapping as the humeral head displaces inferiorly  
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AC Compression   AC and/or coracoclavicular ligement sprain   pain or laxity at AC joint  
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AC Distraction   AC and/or coracoclavicualr ligament sprain   pain with or without passive movement  
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Grind Test   labrum tear   pain and/or obvious deformity (step-off, piano key)  
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Drop Arm   rotator cuff patholgy   inability to lower arm in a controlled manner from 90 to 0 degrees (ADD)  
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O'Brien (Active Compression)   SLAP Lesion   pain with IR but decreased with ER; pain/clicking with movement  
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Empty Can   supraspinatus weakness, impingement   decreased strength on involved side; pain with resistance  
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Active Impingement   Impingement of active structures in shoulder   pain in mid-arc of ROM  
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Hawkins-Kennedy   impingement of the supraspinatus tendon   pain upon IR  
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Neer Impingement   impingement of biceps or supraspinatus tendon   pain with motion, especially near terminal end point  
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SC stress test   SC ligament sprain and instability   elbows do not touch the table (active test)  
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Gerber Lift-Off   subscapularis weakness/pathology   inability to lift hand off of spine; pain with movement  
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Speed's   biceps tendinitis   pain @ bicipital groove and/or weakness in shoulder FLEX  
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Yergason's   biceps tendonitis or subluxation   pain with movement or "popping" as tendon subluxes  
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Ludington's   biceps tendon rupture   tendon can not be palpated; no active biceps contraction  
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Adson's Maneuver   compression of subclavian a. by scalenes   diminished/absent radial pulse  
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Allen   (TOS) compression of NV by pectoralis minor   diminished/absent radial pulse  
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Military Brace   (TOS) compression of subclavian a. by costoclavicular structures   diminished/absent radial pulse  
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Roos   Thoracic Outlet Syndrome   Inability to maintain test position, diminished motor function, and/or loss of sensation  
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Load/Shift Test   translation: 25-50% = grade1 >50% w/reduction = grade 2 >50% w/o reduction = grade 3   Inability to maintain test position, diminished motor function, and/or loss of sensation  
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Cross-over impingement test   shoulder impingement   superior pain indicative of AC joint pathology; anterior pain indicates subscapularis, biceps tendon, or supraspinatus pathology; posterior pain indicates infraspinatus, teres minor or posterior capsule pathology  
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piano key sign   AC joint instability   (blank)  
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Appleys scratch test   adduction/IR or abduction/ER   (blank)  
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