Physical Therapy Assistant 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Yergason test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Standing, elbow 90 degree in pronation at the
side. Pt must supinate and ex. Rotate. Pain= transverse ligament instability/bicep
tendonitis
Speed test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Standing. Arm ext. in and supinate. Pt must resist
shoulder flex. Pain=bicepital tendonitis
Neer's impingement test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Siting. PT hand on scapular. Internal
rotate arm and bring it into flex. Anterior pain= supraspinatus
Posterior = internal impingement
,Supraspinatus test * empty can - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sit/ stand. Pt arm full ext with 90
degree abd. In supination. Have pt pronate arm (like emptying a can).
Pain=Tear/impinge supraspinatus tendon or Supra-scapular nerve neuropathy
Clunk test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine. PT place fist under scapular. Move arm
in full ext. positive test = snapping or clunk soup # glenoid labrum tear
Ant. Apprehension test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine, elbow flex and abd. PT
does ext. rotation. Pain= ant. Shoulder dislocation
Posterior apprehension test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine, elbow flex and abd. PT
does horizontal add. Along with medial rotation. Pain= post shoulder dislocation
Adson test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt siting arm in ext. PT find radial pulse. Have pt ext.
neck and turn head away. Then look back. Positive test= decreased pulse when pt
looks back
Tinel sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in siting. Hand in ext on table. PT tabs along the
transverse carpal ligament and distal wrist. Pt numb/ tingling in first 3 1/2 digits.
Means positive for carpal tunnel
Pronator teres syndrome test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt elbow is flex. PT tries to
supinate pt hand. Tell pt don't let me move it (keeping arm probated) while doing
, 3
that ext. arm putting pronator teres on stretch. Pain in median area of hand=
median nerve entrapment not carpal tunnel
Finkelstein test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt must put thumb in palm, wrap their 4 fingers
around it, put elbow in flex. And wrist in neutral. PT have pt slowly go into ulnar
deviation. Pain over abductor polis long us and extensor polis brevity tendon.
Positive for deQuervains tenosynovitis
Cozen test "lateral epicondylitis" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stabilize elbow palmate lateral
epicondyle with thumb. Pt make fist pronate and radial deviate and ext wrist. PT
gives resistance. Pain at last seal epicondyle = tennis elbow
Medial epicondylitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt stand with elbow flex then supinate
forearm ext pt wrist and move elbow into ext. pain along medial epicondyle .golf
elbow
Phalen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt does full wrist flex. Hold dorsal side together for 1
minute. Positive test = tingling in thumb index finger middle finger and lateral half
ring finger indicate carpal tunnel
Allen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Open and close hand quick as possible then squeeze
hand tightly. Then compress the radial & ulnar artery with thumb. Then ask pt to
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Exam Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Yergason test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Standing, elbow 90 degree in pronation at the
side. Pt must supinate and ex. Rotate. Pain= transverse ligament instability/bicep
tendonitis
Speed test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Standing. Arm ext. in and supinate. Pt must resist
shoulder flex. Pain=bicepital tendonitis
Neer's impingement test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Siting. PT hand on scapular. Internal
rotate arm and bring it into flex. Anterior pain= supraspinatus
Posterior = internal impingement
,Supraspinatus test * empty can - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sit/ stand. Pt arm full ext with 90
degree abd. In supination. Have pt pronate arm (like emptying a can).
Pain=Tear/impinge supraspinatus tendon or Supra-scapular nerve neuropathy
Clunk test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine. PT place fist under scapular. Move arm
in full ext. positive test = snapping or clunk soup # glenoid labrum tear
Ant. Apprehension test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine, elbow flex and abd. PT
does ext. rotation. Pain= ant. Shoulder dislocation
Posterior apprehension test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in supine, elbow flex and abd. PT
does horizontal add. Along with medial rotation. Pain= post shoulder dislocation
Adson test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt siting arm in ext. PT find radial pulse. Have pt ext.
neck and turn head away. Then look back. Positive test= decreased pulse when pt
looks back
Tinel sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt in siting. Hand in ext on table. PT tabs along the
transverse carpal ligament and distal wrist. Pt numb/ tingling in first 3 1/2 digits.
Means positive for carpal tunnel
Pronator teres syndrome test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt elbow is flex. PT tries to
supinate pt hand. Tell pt don't let me move it (keeping arm probated) while doing
, 3
that ext. arm putting pronator teres on stretch. Pain in median area of hand=
median nerve entrapment not carpal tunnel
Finkelstein test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt must put thumb in palm, wrap their 4 fingers
around it, put elbow in flex. And wrist in neutral. PT have pt slowly go into ulnar
deviation. Pain over abductor polis long us and extensor polis brevity tendon.
Positive for deQuervains tenosynovitis
Cozen test "lateral epicondylitis" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stabilize elbow palmate lateral
epicondyle with thumb. Pt make fist pronate and radial deviate and ext wrist. PT
gives resistance. Pain at last seal epicondyle = tennis elbow
Medial epicondylitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt stand with elbow flex then supinate
forearm ext pt wrist and move elbow into ext. pain along medial epicondyle .golf
elbow
Phalen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pt does full wrist flex. Hold dorsal side together for 1
minute. Positive test = tingling in thumb index finger middle finger and lateral half
ring finger indicate carpal tunnel
Allen test - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Open and close hand quick as possible then squeeze
hand tightly. Then compress the radial & ulnar artery with thumb. Then ask pt to
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
