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While stabilizing the patient’s scapula with one hand and holding the affected arm at 90° abduction and internal rotation, the examiner grasps the elbow and axially loads the humerus in a proximal direction.The arm is moved horizontally across the body. A positive result is indicated by a sudden clunk as the humeral head slides off the back of the glenoid. When the arm is returned to the original position, a second jerk may be observed, that of the humeral head returning to the glenoid.<ref name="Kim">Kim et al. Painful Jerk Test:&amp;nbsp;A Predictor of Success in Nonoperative Treatment of Posteroinferior Instability of the Shoulder.&amp;nbsp;Am J Sports Med 2004 32: 1849 </ref>  
While stabilizing the patient’s scapula with one hand and holding the affected arm at 90° abduction and internal rotation, the examiner grasps the elbow and axially loads the humerus in a proximal direction.The arm is moved horizontally across the body. A positive result is indicated by a sudden clunk as the humeral head slides off the back of the glenoid. When the arm is returned to the original position, a second jerk may be observed, that of the humeral head returning to the glenoid.<ref name="Kim">Kim et al. Painful Jerk Test:&amp;nbsp;A Predictor of Success in Nonoperative Treatment of Posteroinferior Instability of the Shoulder.&amp;nbsp;Am J Sports Med 2004 32: 1849 </ref>  


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== Evidence<br>  ==
== Evidence<br>  ==

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Purpose[edit | edit source]

This test is used to detect posteroinferior instability of the Glenohumeral joint.

Technique[edit | edit source]

While stabilizing the patient’s scapula with one hand and holding the affected arm at 90° abduction and internal rotation, the examiner grasps the elbow and axially loads the humerus in a proximal direction.The arm is moved horizontally across the body. A positive result is indicated by a sudden clunk as the humeral head slides off the back of the glenoid. When the arm is returned to the original position, a second jerk may be observed, that of the humeral head returning to the glenoid.[1]

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Evidence
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A systematic review of the validity and accuracy of clinical tests used to detect labral pathology of the shoulder showed the +LR of the Jerk Test to be LR 34.71 and the -LR to be 0.27[3]


Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Kim et al. Painful Jerk Test:&nbsp;A Predictor of Success in Nonoperative Treatment of Posteroinferior Instability of the Shoulder.&nbsp;Am J Sports Med 2004 32: 1849
  2. Physiotutors. Jerk Test | Posteroinferior Labral Tear. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_qG1MNOws8
  3. Munro et al. The validity and accuracy of clinical tests used to detect labral pathology of the shoulder--a systematic review. Man Ther. 2009 Apr;14(2):119-30