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This test for supraspinatus tears involves resisted scaption at 90° with thumbs down.
What is the Jobe Empty Can Test?
This joint has a capsular pattern of pain at end ranges, especially horizontal adduction.
What is the AC joint?
This diagnosis presents with night pain, painful arc, and weakness in ER.
What is a rotator cuff tear?
A patient under 40 with a history of dislocation and apprehension at end-range ER likely fits this ICF classification
What is shoulder stability?
A 45-year-old patient presents with progressive anterior-lateral shoulder pain, difficulty sleeping due to discomfort, and increasing stiffness over several weeks. Passive ROM is limited in multiple directions, especially external rotation in adduction. Joint glides are restricted, and symptoms worsen at end-range.
Radiographs are normal.
Resistive tests are pain-free, and nerve tension testing does not reproduce symptoms.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Adhesive Capsulitis
This test for anterior instability has the highest specificity of the bunch.
What is the Release/Surprise Test?
The CPP of the GH joint is a combo of full abduction and this motion.
What is external rotation?
Gradual stiffness, restricted motion in multiple directions, and sleep-disrupting pain suggest this condition.
What is adhesive capsulitis?
A patient with pain and stiffness that limits grooming and reaching, and ER most limited in adduction, likely has this condition.
What is adhesive capsulitis?
A positive result in this test for multidirectional instability shows ≥2 cm between acromion and humeral head.
What is the Sulcus Sign?
This ligament contributes to GH stability in ER and abduction from 45–75°.
What is the middle GH ligament?
A SLAP lesion may present with deep anterior pain and clicking during this athletic movement.
What is throwing?
This acronym helps guide clinical reasoning by evaluating various aspect of disease.
What is SINSS?
This test for SLAP lesions is performed in supine with resisted elbow flexion in ER.
What is the Biceps Load II Test?
This nerve, arising from the posterior cord, innervates the deltoid and teres minor.
What is the axillary nerve?
This classification acronym describes atraumatic, multidirectional instability often managed non-surgically.
What is AMBRI?
A patient reports deep anterior shoulder pain with joint clicking and pain during biceps loading. What pathology should you suspect?
What is a SLAP lesion?
Pain elicited with passive shoulder IR at 90° scaption indicates what test with Sn up to 92%.
What is the Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Test?
This acromial type provides the least subacromial space, increasing SIS risk.
What is Type III acromion?
Posterior shoulder pain during hyperabduction and max ER is a hallmark of this impingement.
What is posterior internal impingement?
This outcome measure includes 30 questions and optional modules for work and sports performance.
What is the DASH?