Execution:
- The patient is in supine position while the examiner stands at the affected side
- The patient’s arm is brought into 90° of abduction with the elbow flexed to 90°
- Then, the examiner applies a compression force through the humerus at the elbow
- At last, the patient’s arm is brought into repeated internal and external rotation in an attempt to trap the torn labrum
Positive Outcome: (Painful) catching or snapping similar to the McMurray Test for the knee
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Gismervik et al. (2017) | NA | 43 | 89 | 3.91 |
0.65 |
| Somerville et al. (2017) | NA | 13.8 | 92.6 | 1.8 |
0.93 |
| Comment: A positive test moderately alters the post-test probability of having a SLAP lesion | |||||
