tests
Test
Procedure
Description
+
sign
Indication
Pitfalls
Shoulder
Pain
elicited
Extend
pts
neck
&
Cervical
disc
dx/
down
rotate/sidebend
it
to
one
nerve
root
Spurlings
side
with
axial
(caudad)
ipsilateral
irritation
(same
side)
compression
on
pts
head
Neurologic
issues
arm
from
neck
1)Palpate
radial
pulse
on
affected
arm
at
pts
side,
and
Subclavian
a.
NOT
performing
test
Marked
compression
move
pts
arm
into
90
aBd
in
pt
with
UE
diminution/
(vascular
Adsons
and
ER.
etiology,
orig
in
paresthesias
loss
of
pulse;
(=numbness,
2)Pt
takes
deep
breath
and
neck
area:
from
turns
head
toward
raised
scalene
m.
or
tingling)
arm.
cervical
rib)
Tingling
Ulnar
nerve
sensation,
pain
entrapment;
Tinels
sign
in
distribution
carpal
tunnel
of
median
syndrome
nerve
Ulnar
Nerve
Pinch
action
of
Weakness
of
ulnar
motor
thumb
lacks
nerve
function
strength
LE
Tests
Test
Lower
Extremity
Tests
Positive
finding
Interpretation
of
finding
Patricks
test
Restriction
Somatic
dysfunction
Thomas
Loss
of
extension
Psoas
syndrome
maneuver
in
contralateral
leg
Inspection
Not
necessarily
a
test,
but
Dr.
Williams
hinted
in
PTR
that
this
and
Q-angle
from
readings
might
be
on
the
exam
Apleys
test
Crepitus
Meniscus
tear
McMurrays
Crepiitus,
pain
Meniscus
tear
Anterior
If
you
can
glide
Damaged
Drawer
more
than
cruciate
ligament
normal
test/Lachmans
Posterior
Damaged
Drawer
test
cruciate
ligament
Knee
Effusion
Extend
bent
knee
from
supine
position
passively
falls
Failure
to
fully
Increased
joint
into
extension
extend/knee
fluid
bounces
Patella
Crepitus
and
Possibly
Femoral
pain
chondromalacia
of
the
patella
Grinding
test
Ankle
drawer
Increased
laxity
Complete
tear
of
test
talofibular
ligament