Compression Rotation Test

Execution:

  1. The patient is in supine position while the examiner stands at the affected side
  2. The patient’s arm is brought into 90° of abduction with the elbow flexed to 90°
  3. Then, the examiner applies a compression force through the humerus at the elbow
  4. At last, the patient’s arm is brought into repeated internal and external rotation in an attempt to trap the torn labrum

 

Positive Outcome: (Painful) catching or snapping similar to the McMurray Test for the knee

 

Study

Reliability Sn Sp LR+ LR-
Gismervik et al. (2017) NA 43 89 3.91

0.65

Somerville et al. (2017) NA 13.8 92.6 1.8

0.93

Comment: A positive test moderately alters the post-test probability of having a SLAP lesion