Yergason Test

Execution:

  1. Patient is standing
  2. The patient’s elbow is flexed to 90° with the forearm in full pronation
  3. The examiner palpates the biceps tendon in the bicipital groove
  4. The patient is asked to supinate the forearm (some authors also add external rotation of the shoulder) against resistance

 

Positive Outcome: Biceps tendon is felt popping out of the groove. This indicates a tear of the transverse humeral ligament. Pain without the pop is indicative for biceps tendinosis or SLAP lesions

Study

 Reliability Sn Sp LR+

LR-

Hegedus et al. (2012)

 NA 12.4 95.3 2.49 0.91
Gismervik et al. (2017) NA 20 92 2.50

0.87
Cardoso et al. (2019) NA 37 83 2.2

0.76
Micheroli et al. (2015) Inter-rater ĸ=0.2 32 88 2.67

0.77
Comment: The Yergason Test was primarily designed to test the integrity of the transverse humeral ligament that holds the long biceps tendon in the bicipital groove