NPTE all Special Tests Questions and Answers Updated 2026

NPTE all Special Tests
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
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BAnswerBTestsBIntegrityBofBtransverseBligament;BmayBalsoBidentifyBBicipitalBtendonosis



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ptBsittingBwithBshoulderBinBneutralBstabilizedBbyBtrunkBandBelbowBatB90BforearmBpro
nated

-PTBresistBsupinationBandBERBofBshoulder



-tendonBofBbicepsBlongBheadBwillB"pop-
out"BofBgroove.BMayBalsoBreproduceBpainBinBlongBheadBofBbicepsBtendon



Speed'sBTestB-BAnswerBIdentifiesBBicipitalBtendonosis/tendonopathy



-ptBsittingBorBstandingBwithBupperBlimbBinBfullBextensionBandBforearmBsupinated

-PTBresistBshoulderBflexio



-reproducesBsymptomsB(pain)BinBlongBheadBofBbicepsBtendon



Neer'sBimpingementBtestB-
BAnswerBImpingementBofBsoftBtissueBstructuresBofBshoulderBcomplexB(longBheadBofB
bicepsBandBtheBsupraspinatusBtendon)



-ptBsittingBandBshoulderBisBpassivelyBIRBthenBfullyBabducted



-reproducesBsymptomsBofBpainBwithinBshoulderBregion

, EmptyBcanBtest

(SupraspinatusBtest)B-
BAnswerBImpingementBofBtheBsupraspinatusBtendonBorBpossibleBsuprascapularBnerveB
neuropathy



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ptBisBsittingBwithBshoulderBatB90BandBnoBrotationBandBresistBshoulderBabduction;Bthe
nBplaceBshoulderBinBemptyBcanBposition,BIRBandB30BhorizontalBadduction

-compareBpositions



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reproducesBpainBinBsupraspinatusBtendonBand/orBweaknessBwhileBinBemptyBcanBpositi
on



DropBarmBtestB-BAnswerBTearBorBruptureBofBrotatorBcuffBmuscles



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ptBsittingBwithBshoulderBpassivelyBabductedBtoB120;BinstructedBtoBslowlyBbringBarmBt
oBside

-PTBguardsBarmBfromBfalling



-positiveBtestBisBptBunableBtoBlowerBarmBtoBside



PosteriorBinternalBimpingementBtestB-
BAnswerBImpingementBofBrotatorBcuffBmusclesBbetweenBtheBgreaterBtuberosity



-ptBsupine

-PTBmovesBarmBatB90BdegreesBabduction,BmaximalBexternalBrotationBandB15-
20BhorizontalBadduction