Execution:
- The patient is in standing position
- Patient elevates the arms to 90° in the scapular plane and fully internally rotates the shoulders (thumbs pointing downwards)
- The patient is asked to resist downward pressure applied by the examiner
Positive Outcome: Weakness and/or pain compared to the other side
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ |
LR- |
| Boettcher et al. (2009a) |
NA |
NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Jain et a. (2017) |
NA |
88 | 62 | 2.3 |
0.19 |
| Ackman et al. (2019) |
NA |
88.8 | 58.5 | 2.13 |
0.19 |
| Sgroi et al. (2018) |
NA |
96 | 31 | 1.39 |
0.13 |
| Lange et al. (2017) |
Inter-rater ĸ=0.71 |
NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Johansson et al. (2009) |
Intra-rater ĸ=1 |
NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| van Kampen et al. (2014) |
NA |
68.4 | 56.6 | 1.57 |
0.56 |
| Micheroli et al. (2015) |
Inter-rater ĸ=0.36 |
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| Comment: Although this position does not selectively activate the supraspinatus in isolation according to Boettcher et al. (2009a), it seems to be a suitable test to exclude supraspinatus tears | |||||
