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Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

Examination Links:

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Alphabetical Listing
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Head

Cervical Spine

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Shoulder

Elbow & Radioulnar

Wrist

Hand & Fingers

Sacroiliac Joint

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Ipsilateral Prone Kinetic Test
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FABER Test
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Passive Extension & Internal 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

Passive Flexion & External 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

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Passive External Rotation 
of Hip
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Pelvic Rocking Test
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Gapping Test
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Prone Gapping (Hibb's) Test
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Approximation Test
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Squish Test
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Sacroiliac Rocking Test
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Sacral Apex Pressure Test
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Torsion Stress Test
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Femoral Shear Test
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Superoinferior Symphysis
Pubic Stress Test

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Piedallu's Sign
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Flamingo Maneuver or Test
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Gaenslen's Sign
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Mazion's Pelvic Maneuver
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Yeoman's Test
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Sit-up Test
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Hip & Thigh

Knee

Lower Leg

Ankle

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Foot
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Morton Test
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Range of Motion
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Goniometry
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Manual Muscle Testing
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Reflexes
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Vital Signs
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Body Composition
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Yergason's Test

Examination type

Tendonous pathology, ligamentous integrity

Patient & Body Segment Positioning

Sitting comfortably with the arm stabilized next to chest while the elbow is flexed to 90⁰and the forearm is pronated.

Examiner Position

The examiner should be standing in front of the patient. The examiner should have one hand placed on the volar aspect of the hand to resist the patient when moving into supination and external rotation. The other hand should palpate the biceps tendon in the bicipital groove.

Tissues Being Tested

llong head of the biceps tendon, transverse humeral ligament

Performing the Test

The patient will be instructed to supinate the forearm and externally rotate the shoulder while the examiner resists the full range of motion.

Positive Test

Localized pain over the bicipital groove of the humerus; palpation yields a feeling of the biceps tendon “popping out” of the bicipital with resisted motion

Interpretation

Subluxation of the biceps tendon indicates that the transverse humeral ligament has been torn. Pain during this test with no subluxation of the tendon may indicate bicipital paratendonitis or tendinosis.

Common errors in performing exam

Not giving enough resistance to the patient during the full range of motNot giving enough resistance to the patient during the full range of motion; not correctly palpating the bicipital groove

Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation

Not as effective as Speed’s test because only a small part of the tendon is affected and biceps tendon pain usually occurs with motion or palpation rather than tension produced in this test.

Related tests

Speed’s test

References

Magee. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 4^th Ed. 2002.

Links:

http://goaggies.cameron.edu/training/study21

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