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== Purpose  ==
== Purpose  ==


Resisted AC Joint Extension Test (or the AC Resisted Extension Test) is used to help identify an acromioclavicular joint pathology in both traumatic and atraumatic cases, and can be useful in helping differentiate between AC joint and impingement syndromes.
Resisted AC Joint Extension Test (or the AC Resisted Extension Test) is used to help identify an acromioclavicular joint pathology in both traumatic and non-traumatic/chronic overuse cases,<ref name="Miller book">Miller MD &amp; Thompson SR. DeLee &amp; Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (4th Ed). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.</ref> and can be useful in helping differentiate between AC joint and impingement syndromes.<ref name="Frontera book">Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo TD (Jr). Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (3rd Ed). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.</ref>


== Technique<ref name="Cook Book">Cook CE &amp; Hegedus EJ. Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach (2nd Ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.</ref>  ==
== Technique<ref name="Cook Book">Cook CE &amp; Hegedus EJ. Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach (2nd Ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.</ref>  ==

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Purpose[edit | edit source]

Resisted AC Joint Extension Test (or the AC Resisted Extension Test) is used to help identify an acromioclavicular joint pathology in both traumatic and non-traumatic/chronic overuse cases,[1] and can be useful in helping differentiate between AC joint and impingement syndromes.[2]

Technique[3][edit | edit source]

  1. The patient is seated with the therapist standing behind him/her
  2. The patient's shoulder is positioned into 90 flexion and internal rotation, with the placed into 90 flexion
  3. The therapist places his/her hand on the patient's elbow and asks him/her to horizontally abduct the arm against isometric resistance
  4. A positive test is pain at the AC joint

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Miller MD & Thompson SR. DeLee & Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (4th Ed). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
  2. ↑ Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo TD (Jr). Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (3rd Ed). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
  3. ↑ Cook CE & Hegedus EJ. Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach (2nd Ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.
  4. ↑ Resisted AC Joint Extension Test from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHdZQnV0KhU. Last accessed April 1, 2016.


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