Execution:
- The patient is in sitting position
- The examiner depresses the scapula with one hand
- With the other hand, the examiner internally rotates the patient’s arm and brings it into maximal passive flexion
Positive Outcome: Provocation of the patient’s familiar pain
|
Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| NA | 72 | 60 | 1.79 |
0.47 |
|
| Gismervik et al. (2017) | NA | 59 | 60 | 1.48 |
0.68 |
| Lange et al. (2017) | Inter-rater ĸ=0.54 | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| van Kampen et al. (2014) | NA | 63.2 | 82.3 | 3.56 |
0.45 |
| Johansson et al. (2009) | Intra-rater ĸ=1 | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
| Comment: The Neer test only minimally alters the post-test probability of subacromial pain syndrome and is not a good stand-alone test | |||||
