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To test for teres minor tear.  
To test for teres minor tear.  


== Technique<ref name="Magee et al">Magee DJ, 2002, Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 4th edition, Philadelphia: Saunders</ref> ==
== Technique ==


The patient is seated or standing. The examiner places the patient's arm to 90<sup>o</sup>in the scapular plane and flexes the elbow to 90<sup>o</sup>. The patient is then asked to externally rotate against resistance. The test is positive if the patient is unable to perform external rotation.
# The patient is in a standing. <ref>Magee D. J. Shoulder. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 7th Edition. Philadelphia. Elsevier. 2022.  </ref>
# The patient's arm is passively elevated to 90 degrees in the scapular plane, by the examiner 
# The examiner passively flexes the elbow to 90 degrees
# The patient is asked to actively externally rotate the shoulder against the examiner's resistance


The test is positive if the patient is unable to perform external rotation. <ref name="Magee et al">Magee DJ, 2002, Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 4th edition, Philadelphia: Saunders</ref>
== Instructional Video ==
{{#ev:youtube|KcNBtbVaatY|300}}<ref>Clinically Relevant Technologies, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNBtbVaatY; Accessed May 2011</ref>
{{#ev:youtube|KcNBtbVaatY|300}}<ref>Clinically Relevant Technologies, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNBtbVaatY; Accessed May 2011</ref>


== Evidence <ref name="Walch et al">Walch G, Boulahia A, Calderone S, Robinson AHN. The 'dropping' and 'hornblower's' signs in evaluation of rotator cuff tears. 1998; 80: 624-28.</ref><ref name="Cleland">Cleland J, 2005, Orthopedic Clinical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach for Physical Therapists, 1st edition, New Jersey: Icon Learning Systems LLC.</ref>  ==
== Interpretation ==


== Evidence ==
The follow information shows the Sensitivity and Specificity values, and the positive and negative Likelihood Ratios.<ref name="Walch et al">Walch G, Boulahia A, Calderone S, Robinson AHN. The 'dropping' and 'hornblower's' signs in evaluation of rotator cuff tears. 1998; 80: 624-28.</ref><ref name="Cleland">Cleland J, 2005, Orthopedic Clinical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach for Physical Therapists, 1st edition, New Jersey: Icon Learning Systems LLC.</ref>
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Revision as of 15:55, 24 May 2024

Purpose[edit | edit source]

To test for teres minor tear.

Technique[edit | edit source]

  1. The patient is in a standing. [1]
  2. The patient's arm is passively elevated to 90 degrees in the scapular plane, by the examiner
  3. The examiner passively flexes the elbow to 90 degrees
  4. The patient is asked to actively externally rotate the shoulder against the examiner's resistance


The test is positive if the patient is unable to perform external rotation. [2]

Instructional Video[edit | edit source]

[3]

Interpretation[edit | edit source]

Evidence[edit | edit source]

The follow information shows the Sensitivity and Specificity values, and the positive and negative Likelihood Ratios.[4][5]

Sensitivity 1.0
Specificity .93
+LR 14.29
-LR 0.0

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Magee D. J. Shoulder. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 7th Edition. Philadelphia. Elsevier. 2022.
  2. Magee DJ, 2002, Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 4th edition, Philadelphia: Saunders
  3. Clinically Relevant Technologies, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNBtbVaatY; Accessed May 2011
  4. Walch G, Boulahia A, Calderone S, Robinson AHN. The 'dropping' and 'hornblower's' signs in evaluation of rotator cuff tears. 1998; 80: 624-28.
  5. Cleland J, 2005, Orthopedic Clinical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach for Physical Therapists, 1st edition, New Jersey: Icon Learning Systems LLC.