rotator cuff impingement test/sign

Indications

• shoulder pain
  • assessment of rotator cuff tendonitis
  • assessment of rotator cuff tear

Procedure

• forces rotator cuff against coracoacromial ligament worsening pain if inflammation or tear of the rotator cuff is present.

More general terms

• physical examination of the shoulder

More specific terms

• Hawkins's test
• Neer's test

Additional terms

• rotator cuff tendonitis; impingement syndrome; painful arc syndrome; subacromial pain syndrome
• rotator cuff; musculotendinous cuff