NPTE Special Tests Q&A Latest Update |Graded A+|

NPTE Special Tests Q&A Latest Update |Graded A+| 90-90 hamstring test *Ans* Hamstring tightness Acromioclavicular shear test *Ans* Dysfunction of the AC joint (arthritis, separation) -pt sitting with arms rested at sides -PT clasps hands and outs one heel of hand on spine of the scapula and one heel of hand on clavicle; squeeze hands together causing compression -positive test is reproduction of pain at AC joint Adson's test *Ans* Thoracic outlet syndrome -pt sitting -PT find radial pulse rotate head toward extremity, then extend and ER shoulder while head extended -neuro/vascular symptoms reproduced in UE Allen's test *Ans* Vascular compromise of the hand Anterior apprehension test *Ans* History of anterior shoulder dislocation -pt supine with shoulder in 90 abduction -PT slowly takes shoulder to ER -pt does not allow or does not like shoulder movement in that direction Anterior drawer test of the ankle *Ans* Integrity of anterior talofibular ligament Anterior shear test *Ans* Integrity of upper cervical spine ligaments and capsule Apley test *Ans* Differentiate between meniscal and ligamentous insult Babinski test *Ans* Upper motor neuron lesion Ballotable patella/ patellar tap test *Ans* Infrapatellar effusion Bicycle van Gelderen's test *Ans* Differentiates between intermittent claudication and spinal stenosis Bike in trunk extension and trunk flexion; pain with extension and not flexion = stenosis not intermittent claudication