Execution:
- The patient is in sitting or standing position
- The patient is asked to place the hand of the affected arm on top of the contralateral shoulder
- Then the patient is asked to raise the elbow without moving the shoulder
Positive Outcome: Reproduction of the patient’s familiar shoulder pain
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
|
Silva et al. (2008): Supraspinatus tendinopathy (MRI) |
NA | 79 | 40 | NA |
NA |
| Silva et al. (2008): Subcaromial/subdeltoid bursitis (MRI) | NA | 80 | 36 | NA |
NA |
| Comment: The patient number in the study was low. MRI as the gold standard can lead to false positives results | |||||
