physical examination of the shoulder

Clinical manifestations

• pain with shoulder movement, stiffness & limited range of motion suggest intrinsic shoulder disorder
• shoulder pain with normal shoulder examination suggests referrred pain

More general terms

• physical examination technique

More specific terms

• Apley scratch test
• apprehension test
• biceps test
• clunk sign
• cross-arm test
• drop sign; drop-arm test
• external rotators test
• Hawkins's test
• Neer's test
• painful arc test
• relocation test
• rotator cuff impingement test/sign
• shoulder apprehension test
• Speed's test
• Spurling test (foraminal compression test)
• sulcus sign
• supraspinatus test; Jobe's test;empty can test
• Yergason's test

Additional terms

• shoulder
• shoulder injury
• shoulder pain