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places stress on the tendons of the rotator cuff thereby provoking any rotator cuff
complaints.
O’Briens Test This test is used as a shoulder examination to determine scapular instability or tears
in subscapularis tendon.
Apprehension This procedure also tests the integrity of the inferior glenohumeral ligament, anterior
This maneuver is designed to stress the biceps tendon in the bicipital groove.
Speed’s Test
Yergason’s Test By resisting supination of the forearm and external rotation of the shoulder stress is
placed on the bicipital tendon and transverse humeral ligament.
Lift Off Test The dorsum of the hand is raised off the back by maintaining or increasing internal
rotation of the humerus and extension at the shoulder.
Coddman’s Drop The supraspinatus muscle acts as an abductor of the arm, therefore if its
Jobe’s Empty This maneuver uses resistance to abduction forces to stress the supraspinatus muscle
Can Test and tendon
Hawkin’s This maneuver pushes the supraspinatus tendon against the anterior surface of the
Neer’s Test This maneuver causes the greater tuberosity of the humerus to be jammed up against
the anterior inferior border of the acromio
What nerve level causes? Nerve level
Weak arm abductors C5
Numbness medial elbow T1
Brachioradialis reflex +1
Wrist flexion +5 C7