DIAGNOSIS
A condition that occurs when the tendons and bursa under the acromian process become inflamed and irritated. Causes included: overuse of overhead movements and reaching behind the back.
What is Subacromial Impingement?
This assessment measures how much difficulty a patient has using their upper extremity during everyday activities
What is the DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand)?
This special test evaluates the supraspinatus by resisting shoulder abduction with the thumbs pointed downward.
What is the Empty Can Test? (Rotator Cuff Tear)
These gentle shoulder exercises use gravity to create small circular motions and are commonly used after rotator cuff repair.
What are Codman's Pendulum Exercises?
This assessment measures the amount of movement available at a joint using degrees.
What is Gonionetry?
Compression of the ulnar nerve, (ulnar nerve entrapment) at the pinky side of the elbow. causes/symptoms: repetitive bending of elbow, numbness or tingling at the pinky and ring finger.
What is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome?
This assessment measures the force generated by the hand during gripping.
What is Grip Strength Testing with a Hand Dynamometer?
This special test reproduces pain or clicking in the shoulder when the arm is flexed to 90°, internally rotated, and resisted.
What is O'Briens Test (SLAP Tear)?
1.This intervention uses the patient's unaffected arm or a device like pulleys to help move the injured shoulder.
2.This intervention allows the therapist to move the patient's joint without muscle activation to protect healing tissue.
3.This intervention has the patient independently move their joint through available motion
What is AAROM, PROM, AROM?
This intervention exposes the affected area to a variety of textures to improve sensory discrimination following nerve injury.
What is Sensory Re-education?
This injury is a tear to the top soft rubbery part of glenoid muscle, that connects your upper arm to your shoulder joint. This can make your shoulder joint pop out of place and cause pain.
What is a Slap Tear?
This assessment measures gross manual dexterity by counting how many blocks a patient transfers in one minute.
What is the Box and Blocks Test?
This special test assesses shoulder impingement by internally rotating the arm while the shoulder and elbow are flexed to 90°.
What is the Hawkins-Kennedy Test? (Subacromial Impingement)
This intervention restores mobility of the median nerve in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
What are Median Nerve Glides?
This assessment measures muscle strength using grades from 0 to 5.
This is a wrist fracture where the distal radius bone is displaced towards the palm of the hand, with volar angulation. Causes: FOOSH with the wrist flexed.
What is a Smith's Fracture?
This assessment evaluates stereognosis by having the patient identify common objects without looking at them. It also evaluates hand coordination and sensory discrimination during object manipulation.
What is the Moberg Pickup Test?
This special test reproduces pain at the lateral epicondyle during resisted wrist extension.
What is Cozen's Test? (Tennis Elbow)
This closed-chain exercise is commonly used to improve shoulder stability during rotator cuff rehabilitation.
What are Wall Push-Ups?
This intervention provides gentle support while reducing stress on tendons or nerves without restricting motion.
What is Kinesiology Tape (KT Tape)?
These two conditions affect the hand:
1. Characterized by pain and weakness in the thumb and fingers. Compression of the median nerve due to injury (fracture, dislocation, inflammation).
2. This condition causes pain around your thumb and wrist if you are repetitively extending and abducting of your thumb, causing swelling and pain over the radial styloid process, APL and EPB. Special Test: Finkelstein's.
What is...
1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
2. DeQuervains's tenosynovitis
This assessment measures protective sensation using nylon monofilaments of different thicknesses.
What is the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test?
This special test reproduces numbness by holding both wrists in maximal flexion for up to one minute.
What is Phalen's Test?
This manual technique mobilizes soft tissue restrictions after inflammation has subsided.
What is Soft Tissue Mobilization?
This intervention strengthens grip and pinch using graded resistance material.
What is Therapy Putty?