Hawkins-Kennedy Test

Execution:

  1. The patient is in sitting position
  2. The examiner’s hand lies on the opposite shoulder and the patient’s affected arm rests on the examiner’s forearm
  3. With the other hand, the examiner performs internal rotation by pushing downwards on the patient’s wrist

 

Positive Outcome: Provocation of your patient’s familiar pain

Study

Reliability Sn Sp LR+ LR-
Krill et al. (2018) NA 70 36 1.09 0.84