Cozen’s Test | Lateral Epicondyalgia / Tennis Elbow

Execution:

  1. Patient is in a comfortable sitting position with the arm on the table, elbow extended (different from the video)
  2. The examiner fixates the forearm while palpating the lateral epicondyle with the thumb
  3. The patient is then asked to make a fist, pronate the forearm and radially deviate and extend the wrist against the examiner’s resistance

 

Positive Outcome: Sudden pain at the lateral epicondyle is reproduced

Study Reliability Sn Sp LR+ LR-
MacDermid et al. (2006) NA NA NA NA NA