Shoulder and Upper Arm Physical Examination
A searchable collection of Musculoskeletal (MSK), Orthopedics and Sports related physical exam video clips and infographics relating to the examination of the shoulder and upper arm.
A bedside resource for educating physical therapists, occupational therapists, sports medicine, orthopedic trainees, general practitioners and more.

 • #Apley - Apley Scratch Test of Internal and External Rotation
 • #Biceps Tendon, Tendinitis (Note the overlap with #Labral tests)
     • #Load - Biceps Load Test
     • #Popeyes - Popeye's Sign in biceps tendon rupture
     • #Speeds - Speed's Test
     • #Tension - Biceps Tension Test
     • #Uppercut - Uppercut Test
     • #Yergasons - Yergason's Test
 • #Dislocation and #Reduction#SMT - Scapular Manipulation Technique for Shoulder Reduction 
 • #Hornblower - Hornblower Test for Teres Minor Injury
 • #Impingement - Shoulder Impingement
     • #Arc - Arc Test 
     • #Hawkins - Hawkins Kennedy Test
     • #Neer - Neer Test for impingement
 • #Instability - Glenohumeral #Instability Tests
     • #Apprehension - Shoulder Apprehension and Relocation Test (Anterior Instability)
     • #Drawer - Anterior and Posterior Shoulder Drawer Tests
     • #Jerk - Jerk Test
     • #Load - Load and Shift Test
     • #Norwood - Norwood Stress Test (posterior instability)
     • #Sulcus - Sulcus sign (inferior shoulder instability)
 • #Labral - Labrum Tear / Injury (Note the overlap with #Biceps tendon tests)
     • #Clunk - Clunk Test
     • #Crank - Crank Test
     • #OBriens - O'Brien's Test for Labral Tear
     • #Mimori - Mimori Pain Provocation Test
 • #Scarf - Cross Arm Test for #Acromioclavicular Joint Dysfunction
 • #Shrug - Shrug Sign in rotator cuff injury
 • #Subscapularis Tests
     • #Bear - Bear Hug Test
     • #Belly - Belly Press Test
     • #Gerbers - #LiftOff (Push Off) Test
     • #Napoleon - Supine Napoleon Test
 • #Supraspinatus Tests
     • #Drop - Drop Arm Test
     • #Full - Full Can Test
     • #Jobe - Empty Can Test
 • Thoracic #Outlet Syndrome
     • #Adsons - Adson's Test
     • #Cyriax - Cyriax Release Test 
     • #Edens - Costoclavicular Test
     • #Roos - Roos' Test 
     • #Wright - Wright (Hyperabduction) Test
 • #Winged - Winged Scapula

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Severe Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

#Anterior #Shoulder #Dislocation #clinical #video #orthopedics #physicalexam #msk #sports
Severe Anterior Shoulder ... #Anterior #Shoulder ... #orthopedics #physicalexam
Shoulder Examination

Step 1 Inspection
Step 2 Palpation (ABCs)
Step 3 Range of Motion and Strength (SITS)
Step 4 Provocative
Shoulder Examination ... LizzyHastie #Shoulder ... #Examination #PhysicalExam
Shoulder Effusion Ballottement on Physical Examination

Shoulder effusion. You can ballot and see fluid return at posterior
Shoulder Effusion ... Examination Shoulder ... Janetbirdope #Shoulder ... #glenohumeral #PhysicalExam
Sulcus Sign on Shoulder Exam

Positive sulcus sign in a shoulder with multidirectional instability.

Downward force applied at
Sulcus Sign on Shoulder ... sulcus sign in a shoulder ... #Sulcus #Sign #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam #
Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

This young man presented to the ER with a Shoulder Dislocation. He
Reduction of Anterior Shoulder ... the ER with a Shoulder ... how smoothly his shoulder ... #Reduction #Shoulder ... video #procedure #physicalexam
Hippocratic Shoulder Reduction 
Shoulder reduction is the process of returning the shoulder to its normal position
Hippocratic Shoulder ... Reduction Shoulder ... returning the shoulder ... The arm should be ... Reduction #MSK #PhysicalExam
Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
elements of a shoulder ... included on a shoulder ... in the anterior shoulder ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #RotatorCuff #Shoulder
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Shoulder Exam - ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing
Crank Test for Labral Tear of the Shoulder

To perform the Crank Test, fully abduct the shoulder
Labral Tear of the Shoulder ... fully abduct the shoulder ... open_michigan #Shoulder ... #Labral #Tear #PhysicalExam
Neck Tone on Physical Exam
The tone of the neck can be assessed by passively rotating the
head towards the shoulder ... The chin should ... rotate to the shoulder ... not beyond the shoulder ... tone #Newborn #PhysicalExam