Arm Squeeze Test
Original Editor - Fasuba Ayobami
Top Contributors - Anthonia Abraham, Kim Jackson, Fasuba Ayobami, Vidya Acharya, George Prudden and Claire Knott
Purpose[edit | edit source]
This is a new clinical test that may be useful to distinguish between Cervical radiculopathy from other shoulder related pathology[1]
Technique[edit | edit source]
- The examiner stands behind the patient
- then squeezes the middle third of the patient's upper arm with thumb (examiner) on patient's triceps while the rest of the fingers is on the patient's biceps
- With a moderate compression (5.9 to 8.1kg)
It is positive if the patient reports 3 or higher on VAS with pressure on middle third of upper arm compared with acromioclavicular joint and subacromial area.[1][2]
Evidence[edit | edit source]
| Sensitivity | Specificity | Negative Likelihood ratios | Positive Likelihood ratios |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.96 (0.85 - 0.99) | 0.96 (0.87 - 0.99) | 24 (6.5 - 99) | 0.04 (0.01 - 0.17) |
Reference[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gumina, S., Carbone, S., Albino, P., Gurzi, M., & Postacchini, F. (2013). Arm Squeeze Test: a new clinical test to distinguish neck from shoulder pain. European Spine Journal, 22(7), 1558–1563. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-013-2788-3
- ↑ Joshua Cleland, Shane Koppenhaver Jonathan Su (2015). Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination, 3rd Edition Pg 122
