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Resisted Elbow Extension And Forearm Pronation Test

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Resisted Elbow Extension And Forearm Pronation Test

Resisted Elbow Extension And Forearm Pronation Test[1]
  • Resisted Elbow Extension And Forearm Pronation Test
  • Resisted Forearm Pronation Test
  • Pronator Teres Test
  • Pronator Teres Provocation Test
  • Resisted Pronation Test
  • Pronator Syndrome Provocation Test
  • Median Nerve Compression Test at the Pronator Teres
  • Median Nerve Pronator Test

Purpose

  • To evaluate the cause of a patients forearm and wrist pain

Description

  • The patient is seated or standing
  • Grasp wrist with one hand
  • Grasps elbow with other hand
  • Patient extends elbow & pronates forearm against resistance
  • Compresses the median nerve between the two pronator teres heads
  • Positive test
    • Pain just distal to elbow
    • Worsening numbness, tingling in the median nerve distribution

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Binsaleem, Saud. "Median nerve entrapment neuropathy: a review on the pronator syndrome." JSES Reviews, Reports, and Techniques 5.1 (2025): 70-78.
Created by:
John Kiel on 7 April 2022 06:32:38
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15 July 2026 12:01:14
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