Assessing Shoulder Injuries
1st step of Assessing Shoulder Injuries
What is history, a good history gets you a good idea of what you're looking for.
External Rotation
What is placing hands behind head, externally rotating shoulders by reaching toward shoulder blades
External Rotation Strength Test
What is athlete sitting or standing, your hands on lateral sides of athletes wrist. Athlete externally rotate arms, push against your hands isometrically
Causes of Fractures
What is direct blow, falling on outstretched hand, landing on acromion process
2nd Step of Assessing Shoulder Injuries?
What is asking questions to figure out the history of of the injury
Internal Rotation
Internal Rotation Strength Test
What is athlete sitting or standing, hands on medial side of persons wrists, persons elbow at 90. Athlete rotate internally, push against hands isometrically, stabilizing elbow
Tests for Fractures
What is percussion, tuning fork, compression
3rd step of Assessing Shoulder Injuries
What is observation, observe area for any abnormal areas compared to uninjured side
Flexion
What is 180 degrees
Extension Strength Test
What is athlete sitting or standing, stabilize shoulder girdle, hand on posterior aspect of the elbow with the athletes elbow at 90. Athlete should push backwards against hands isometrically
Percussion
What is taping distal aspect of bone with middle or index causing vibration, if vibration causes pn. test may be positive
4th step of Assessing Shoulder Injures
What is palpation, palpate area to find pain, point tenderness, fractures and so on.
Extension
50 degrees
Flexion Strength Test
Athlete sitting or standing, stabilize shoulder girdle, hands on anterior aspect of athletes bicep, push against hands isometrically.
Tuning Fork
What is tuning fork being placed on one end of the bone causing a vibration
During palpation, what test can be ran to see if there is a fracture on injured area
What is percussion test
Adduction
40 degrees
Empty Can Test
What is athlete sitting, flexing both arms, 90 to the body, horizontally abducting the arm 30, internally rotate arms as much as possible, thumbs down, athlete must hold position while being pushed down at the wrists.
Compression
What is placing one hand on either side of injured extremity above possible fracture, compress area btwn hands repeat below possible injured area, point tenderness indicates possible fracture