UE MSK exam with 100% correct answers 2024

Cross Body Adduction Test correct answers Flex shoulder to 90 degrees, pull arm across body; Pain at AC indicates AC pathology/arthritis Apley's Scratch Test correct answers - Used to evaluate ROM in the shoulder - Test abduction/external rotation ask patient to reach behind the head and touch the opposite shoulder - To evaluate internal rotation and adduction, ask pt to reach in front of the head and touch opposite should - To evaluate further internal rotation and adduction, instruct the patient to reach behind the back and touch the inferior angle of the opposite scapula Drop arm test correct answers identifies tear and/or full rupture of rotator cuff (spec. supraspinatus tendon) -positive test is quick dropping of arm from forward flexion Empty can test correct answers flexion and internal rotation of the shoulder followed by resistance to observe for weakening of the supraspinatus muscle -positive test is pain or weakness Speed's test correct answers tests for biceps tendonitis- arm in supination and forward flex, positive test is pain elicited by resistance Yergason's Test correct answers Assess the stability of biceps tendon in bicipital groove - pt flexes elbow to 90 while physician grasps elbow w/ one hand and wrist other pull and physician resists supination of forearm + external rotation of shoulder (+) Test = pain as biceps tendon pops out of bicipital groove (biceps tendinosis) Hawkins test correct answers Pain indicates rotator cuff tear or impingement. Flex elbow to 90 degrees and abduct the arm to ninety and internally rotate humerus.