Cozens Test
(Redirected from Resisted Active Forearm Extension Test)
Other Names
- Resisted wrist extension test
- Resistive tennis elbow test
- Cozen’s Test
- Tennis Elbow Test
- ECRB Test
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis Test
- Resisted Active Forearm Extension Test
Purpose
- Evaluate for Lateral Epicondylitis by recruiting muscles attached to Common Extensor Tendon
Description
- Stabilize patients elbow in 90° flexion with one hand on the lateral epicondyle
- The examiner then positions the patients hand into pronation and radial deviation
- The patient is asked to return the hand to the supinated position against resistance
- Positive test
- Reproduction of the pain
Pathology
Evidence
- Koranasios et al[2]
- Sensitivity: 91%
- Green et al[3]
- Sensitivity: 70%
- Specificity: 17%
- Diagnostic Accuracy: 61%
See Also
References
- ↑ Image courtesy of http://at.uwa.edu/, "wrist"
- ↑ Karanasios, Stefanos, et al. "Diagnostic accuracy of examination tests for lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET)–A systematic review." Journal of Hand Therapy 35.4 (2022): 541-551.
- ↑ Greene, Cristóbal, et al. "A new test for the advanced diagnosis of lateral elbow tendinopathy with concomitant intrasubstance tear: Failure to resist extension effort (the free test)." Orthopedic Research and Reviews (2022): 495-503.
Created by:
John Kiel on 24 July 2019 00:00:40
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8 July 2026 19:40:34
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