upper extremity special tests

SHOULDER

AC joint

• piano key sign test

• compression test

SC joint

• piano key sign test

• send to the hospital

rotator cuff

• drop arm test

• empty can test

• painful arc test

shoulder anterior instability

• anterior apprehension test

• sulcus sign test (multidirectional)

• surprise test (let go)

• jobe’s relocation test

ELBOW

tricep tendonitis

• manual muscle test

bicep tendonitis

• manual muscle test

UCL

• valgus force test

RCL

• varus stress test

medial epicondylitis

• wrist or finger flexors

lateral epicondylitis

• wrist or finger extensors

WRIST

• finkelstein’s test is the special test for de quervain’s