Physical Therapy Assistant 2025/2026
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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 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.
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Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
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 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.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
