Triceps Brachii Length Test

Execution Option:

  1. The patient is in sitting position with his shoulder fully flexed and in lateral rotation
  2. The examiner fixates the humerus
  3. The examiner passively moves the patient’s elbow into full flexion and assesses the end-feel

 

Positive Outcome: The patient’s elbow cannot fully flex and/or end-feel is muscle stretch instead of soft tissue approximation between the forearm and biceps

Study Reliability Sn Sp LR+ LR-
Magee et al. (2014) NA NA NA NA NA