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Empty Can Test

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Demonstration of empty can test[1]
Illustration of the Empty Can Test[2]
Jobe Test[3]
Demonstration of the empty can test (patient right) and full can test (patient left)[4]
  • Supraspinatus Test
  • Jobe's Test
  • Jobes Test
  • Supraspinatus stress test
  • Jobe’s Test
  • Jobe’s Supraspinatus Test
  • Supraspinatus Strength Test
  • Supraspinatus Isolation Test
  • Supraspinatus “Empty Can” Maneuver

Purpose

  • Test Supraspinatous Muscle & Tendon as a cause of the patients shoulder pain

Description

  • Patient can be seated or standing
  • Arm raised/abducted to 90 degrees and arms 30-45 degrees from midline
  • Shoulder internally rotated, thumbs pointed to floor
  • Physician applies downward force at the wrist/forearm while the patient resists
  • Positive test
    • Pain or weakness

Pathology

Evidence

Rotator Cuff Pathology

  • Holtby et al[5], Itoi et al[6], Park et al[7]
    • Sensitivity: 41-89%
    • Specificity: 50-90%
    • Positive LR: 1.78-4.20
    • Negative LR: 0.22-0.63
  • Hermans et al [8]
    • Sensitivity: 71%
    • Specificity: 49%
    • LR+: 1.3
    • LR-: 0.64

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Image courtesy of mobilephysiotherapyclinic.in. "Empty can test of shoulder"
  2. ↑ Almoallim, Hani, et al. "Approach to Musculoskeletal Examination." Skills in Rheumatology (2021): 17-65.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Nick. "Tests for diagnosing subacromial impingement syndrome and rotator cuff disease." Shoulder & elbow 6.3 (2014): 215-221.
  4. ↑ Lee, Choon-Key, et al. "Comparison of muscle activity in the empty-can and full-can testing positions using 18F-FDG PET/CT." Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 9.1 (2014): 85.
  5. ↑ Holtby R, Razmjou H. Validity of the supraspinatus test as a single clinical test in diagnosing patients with rotator cuff pathology. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2004;34:194-200.
  6. ↑ Itoi E, Kido T, Sano A, Urayama M, Sato K. Which is more useful, the “full can test” or the “empty can test,” in detecting the torn supraspinatus tendon? Am J Sports Med. 1999; 27:65-68.
  7. ↑ Park HB, Yokota A, Gill HS, El Rassi G, McFarland EG. Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for the different degrees of subacromial impingement syndrome. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005; 87:1446-1455.
  8. ↑ Hermans, Job, et al. "Does this patient with shoulder pain have rotator cuff disease?: The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review." Jama 310.8 (2013): 837-847.
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