Gagey Test
Other Names
- Gagey Sign
- Hyperabduction test
- Gagey Hyperabduction Test
- Abduction Inferior Instability Test
- Passive Hyperabduction Test
- Inferior Glenohumeral Laxity Test
- Shoulder Hyperabduction Test
Purpose
- To evaluate the Glenohumeral Joint and Glenoid Labrum as a cause of shoulder pain and instability
Description
- Patient is seated or standing
- Affected arm is passively abducted to extreme of anatomic barrier or as patient will tolerate
- Positive test
- Greater than 105° abduction or marked asymmetry in hyperabduction
Pathology
- Shoulder Instability, specifically inferiorly
Evidence
Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Lesion
- van Spanning et al[4]
- Sensitivity: 46%
- Specificity: 38%
- Diagnostic Accuracy: 46%
- PPD: 88%
- NPV: 7%
See Also
References
- ↑ Goldenberg, Brandon T., et al. "Comprehensive review of the physical exam for glenohumeral instability." The Physician and Sportsmedicine 48.2 (2020): 142-150.
- ↑ Physical Exam and Evaluation of the Unstable Shoulder
- ↑ Navlet, Miguel García, and Cristina Victoria Asenjo-Gismero. "Multidirectional instability: natural history and evaluation." The Open Orthopaedics Journal 11 (2017): 861.
- ↑ van Spanning, Sanne H., et al. "Predictive value of Gagey's hyperabduction test in identifying inferior glenohumeral ligament lesions." Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research 109.4 (2023): 103500.
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John Kiel on 27 March 2020 13:19:10
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