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| ==Rotator Cuff Tests==
| | #REDIRECT[[Shoulder and upper arm diagnoses]] |
| *Supraspinatus Test
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| **Abduct arm to 90', forward flex it 30' w/ thumb down ("empy beer can position")
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| **Test for pain/weakness against resistance to continued abduction
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| *Infraspinatus and Teres Minor Test
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| **Stabilize the elbow against the pt's waist and bend the elbow to 90'
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| **Test for pain/weakness against resistance to external rotation
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| *Subscapularis Test
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| **Place hand behind lower back
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| **Test for pain/weakness as pt attempts to push examiner's hand away by moving dorsum of hand away from back
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| ==Impingement Tests==
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| *Maneuver of Neer
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| **Prevent scapular rotation w/ one hand while rasing pt's straightened arm in full forward flexion to overhead
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| **Positive sign is pain in the arc bewtween 70-120'
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| *Hawkins Impingement Test
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| **Position the shoulder at 90' of abduction and elbow at 90' of flexion
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| **Then rotate shoulder internally bringing the arm across the front of the pt
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| **Positive sign is pain during this maneuver
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| ==Source==
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| *Tintinalli
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| [[Category:Ortho]]
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