Shoulder

Question 1

• Pt. Seated
• Examiner palpates over subacromial bursa
• If painful then passively abducts arm & repalpate
for tenderness

Answer 1

Dawburn’s test for Subacromial Bursitis

Question 2

Abduction & external
rotation most limited
and soft End feel

Answer 2

Adhesive Capsulitis

Frozen Shoulder

Question 3

3 causes of Impingement Syndrome

according to Neer

Answer 3

1. Edema & Hemorrhage
2. Thickening & Fibrosis
3. Tears or Ruptures

Question 4

Patient presents with…
• Painful arc
• Tenderness: AC joint, greater tuberosity
•Weakness abduction & external rotation
•Difficult sleeping on side

Answer 4

Impingement Syndrome

Supraspinatous lesion

Question 5

postive drop-arm indidcates

Answer 5

rotator cuff tear

Question 6

painful arc is significant for

Answer 6

supraspinatus tendinitis

Question 7

arm pronated and flexed fully

Answer 7

Neer’s test for impingement

Question 8

• Forward flex the arm to 90º with the elbow bent to 90º.

- Support elbow & forcibly internally rotate shoulder

Answer 8

Impingement Signs

Hawkin’s Test

Question 9

Yergason’s is testing for

Answer 9

biceps tendinitis

Question 10

labrum frayed and degenerated but remains

intact to the glenoid; the biceps anchor is also intact.

Answer 10

Type I SLAP lesion

Superior Labrum Ant Post

Question 11

• Arm flexed to 90° with the elbow fully extended and then
adduct the arm 10-15° medial
• Arm is then maximally internally rotated and the patient resists the examiner’s downward force. The procedure is
repeated in supination.

Answer 11

O’Brien

Active compression

Question 12

detachment of labrum & biceps anchor from

superior glenoid.

Answer 12

Type ll SLAP lesion

Superior Labrum Ant Post

Question 13

bucket-handle tear. Labrum torn away,

however the biceps anchor and remaining labrum are still attached to the glenoid.

Answer 13

Type III SLAP

Question 14

bucket-handle tear of labrum extends into

the biceps anchorq

Answer 14

Type IV SLAP