- The patient is standing with the examiner standing behind the affected shoulder
- The examiner manually palpates along the course of the extraarticular long head of the biceps tendon with the arm in neutral
- The examiner internally and externally rotates the arm during palpation to confirm the location of pain to the bicipital tunnel
Positive Outcome: The patient reports tenderness upon palpation of the long head of the biceps
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Talyor et al. (2017): Active Compression Test | Inter-rater к = 0.71-0.72 | 87.8-95.7 | 45.7-63.6 | Na |
NA |
| Talyor et al. (2017): Throwing Test | Inter-rater к = 0.70-0.76 | 72.6-75.5 | 64.6-78.8 | NA |
NA |
| Talyor et al. (2017): Bicipital Tunnel Palpation | Inter-rater к = 0.79-0.85 | 91.8-97.8 | 52.2-72.7 | NA |
NA |
| Comment: The sensitivity and specificity values vary according to the site of lesion: Inside the joint, junctional or in the bicipital tunnel | |||||
