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When assessing active and passive shoulder range of motion (ROM), consider both the quantity and the quality of the movement. Look out for a painful arc (i.e. pain between 60-120 degrees of shoulder elevation) or if pain is only present at the end range. Consider the following questions: where is the pain located? is the movement coordinated?
4 Αυγ 2023 · Speed’s test: A positive test consists of pain elicited in the bicipital groove when the patient attempts to forward elevate the shoulder against examiner resistance; the elbow is slightly flexed, and the forearm is supinated.
6 Αυγ 2021 · elbow flexed to 90 degrees with the forearm pronated. The examiner holds the hand/wrist to maintain pronated position while the patient attempts to actively supinate against this resistance. If there is pain located along the bicipital groove the test is positive for biceps tendon pathology.
Shoulder Examination. Lift off test: Subscapularis. The prerequisite for any treatment in the shoulder region of a patient with pain is a precise and comprehensive picture of the signs and symptoms as they occur during the assessment and as they existed until then.
27 Μαρ 2017 · Developing an evidence-based approach to the evaluation of shoulder pain helps to focus the physical exam, imaging, and eventual management. The current literature shows no single exam maneuver as being perfectly sensitive or specific for differentiating pathology.
15 Μαΐ 2000 · The supraspinatus can be tested by having the patient abduct the shoulders to 90 degrees in forward flexion with the thumbs pointing downward. The patient then attempts to elevate the arms...
Conducting a proper shoulder exam is crucial to treating shoulder pain, a common outpatient complaint. No matter the cause, it is important to be familiar with some basic examination tools that can help us confirm the presence of a shoulder lesion.
