DPR practical Flashcards
(22 cards)
Apley scratch test
Internal & external rotation of the shoulder
Drop-arm test
Passively raise arm, patient tries to lower arm slowly, tests rotator cuff
Yergason test
Patient tries to supinate arm under coutnerforce, tests biceps tendon
Apprehension test
Anterior pressure on abducted and externally rotated shoulder
Neer test
Flex shoulder up over head, checks rotator cuff
Hawkin’s test
Flex arm and shoulder, lift up the elbow, tests rotator cuff
Empty can test
Dump out cans, resist downward force, tests rotator cuff
Tinel’s elbow sign
Tap on medial elbow, tests ulnar nerve
Tennis elbow test
Flex arm, try to extend wrist under force
Golfer’s elbow test
Flex arm, flex wrist under resistance
Finklestein’s test
Tuck thumb in and ulnar deviate the wrist
Allen’s test
Collateral blood flow to the wrist
Tinel’s sign
Tap on hand/wrist, tests median nerve
Phalen’s sign
Upside down prayer hands
Trendelenburg’s sign
Hip drop test
Patrick’s (FABER) test
Ankle on knee, push other ankle down, hip hypertonicity vs. SI dysfunction
Stinchfield test
Straight leg raise under resistance
Thomas test
Both knee’s flexed to chest, lower one leg, measure distance, tests psoas hypertonicity
McMurray’s test
Flex knee with internal and external rotation, tests meniscus
Apley’s compression test
Patient prone, pressure on foot, internal and external rotation, tests meniscus
Apley’s distraction test
Patient prone, pull foot up, internal and external rotation, tests MCL and LCL
Lachman’s test
Knee flexed 30 degrees, anterior force forward, tests ACL
