Compression Rotation Test
Other Names
- Compression Rotation Test
Purpose
- Evaluate the Glenoid Labrum as a cause of shoulder pain
Description
- The patient is in the supine position
- The shoulder abducted to 90°, elbow flexed at 90°
- A compression force is applied to the humerus, which is then externally rotated
- Positive test
- Labral tissue is felt to catch and snap during the test.
Pathology
Evidence
- Somerville et al[3]
- Sensitivity: 13.8
- Specificity: 92.6
- LR+: 1.8
- LR-: 0.934
- Nakagawa et al[4]
- Sensitivity: 25%
- Specificity: 100%
- Accuracy: 63%
- PPV: 100%
- NPV: 58%
See Also
References
- ↑ Manske, Robert, and Todd Ellenbecker. "Current concepts in shoulder examination of the overhead athlete." International journal of sports physical therapy 8.5 (2013): 554.
- ↑ Tennent, T. Duncan, William R. Beach, and John F. Meyers. "A review of the special tests associated with shoulder examination: part I: the rotator cuff tests." The American journal of sports medicine 31.1 (2003): 154-160.
- ↑ Somerville, Lyndsay E., et al. "Clinical assessment of physical examination maneuvers for superior labral anterior to posterior lesions." The Surgery Journal 3.04 (2017): e154-e162.
- ↑ Nakagawa, Shigeto, et al. "Forced shoulder abduction and elbow flexion test: a new simple clinical test to detect superior labral injury in the throwing shoulder." Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery 21.11 (2005): 1290-1295.
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John Kiel on 21 August 2021 18:35:34
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