Execution:
- Patient is in standing position
- The patient’s arm is brought into 90° of abduction and external rotation passively
- The examiner asks the patient to hold this position actively and removes the supporting hand
Positive Outcome: Patient is unable to hold this position and the arm falls downward. Some authors consider the test to be positive with a drop ≥ 5°
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ |
LR- |
| Miller et al. (2009) |
NA |
73 | 77 | 3.2 |
0.3 |
| Cadogan et al. (2011) |
PABAK= 0.67 |
NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Sgroi et al. (2019): infraspinatus |
NA |
43 | 81 | 2.25 |
0.71 |
| van Kampen et al. (2014) |
NA |
5.3 | 100 | ∞ |
0.94 |
| Micheroli et al. (2015) |
Inter-rater ĸ=0.08 |
12 | 100 | ∞ |
0.88 |
| Comment: This test can neither completely rule in or rule out a full-thickness tear, but moderately alters the post-test probabilities in both directions | |||||
