Execution:
- The patient is standing or sitting and the examiner positions himself behind the affected shoulder
- The patient flexes his shoulder to 90°, 10-15° of adduction and internal rotation so that his thumb is pointing downwards
- The examiner stabilizes the scapula with one hand and applies isometric resistance against the patient’s arm moving into elevation
- The test is now repeated with the examiner applying an anterior pressure to the patient’s humeral head to prevent the humeral head from subluxating posterioly
Positive Outcome: Pain with or without weakness during the first part of the test is reduced or eliminated during the second part
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Morey et al. (2016) | Inter-rater к >0.8 | 100 | 99.3 | 6 |
0.12 |
| Comment: Although this test has very promising accuracy, it has not been validated by other studies yet. It is unclear how the inter-rater reliability was determined in the study. | |||||
