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The Neer impingement test is a test designed to reproduce symptoms of rotator cuff impingement through flexing the shoulder and pressure application. Symptoms should be reproduced if there is a problem with the supraspinatus or biceps brachii. [1] This test is also associated with the Hawkins-Kennedy Test and Jobe's Test. [2]
Neer Impingement Test: a positive test indicates shoulder impingement syndrome; Hawkins–Kennedy test: a positive test indicates shoulder impingement syndrome; Empty beer can test: a positive test indicates rotator cuff tear, specifically, supraspinatus muscle tear
A positive Hawkins–Kennedy test is indicative of an impingement of all structures that are located between the greater tubercle of the humerus and the coracohumeral ligament. The impinged structures include the supraspinatus muscle, teres minor muscle , and the infraspinatus muscle .
On physical exam, the physician may twist or elevate the patient's arm to test for reproducible pain (the Neer sign and Hawkins-Kennedy test). These tests help localize the pathology to the rotator cuff; however, they are not specific for impingement. [16] Neer sign may also be seen with subacromial bursitis. [17]
For impingement, these tests include the Hawkins-Kennedy impingement sign, in which an examiner medially rotates the injured individual's flexed arm, forcing the supraspinatus tendon against the coracoacromial ligament and so producing pain if the test is positive, [42] a positive painful arc sign, and weakness in external rotation with the arm ...
Hawkins–Kennedy test; Hubscher's maneuver; Lachman test; Lasègue's sign; McMurray test; Mulder's sign; Neer impingement sign; O'Brien's test; Ober's test; Ortolani test; Patrick's test; Phalen maneuver; Simmonds' test; Schober's test; Speed's test; Thomas test; Thompson test; Tinel sign; Trendelenburg's sign; Yergason's test; Waddell's signs ...
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For the diagnosis of impingement disease, the best combination of tests were "any degree (of) a positive Hawkins–Kennedy test, a positive painful arc sign, and weakness in external rotation with the arm at the side", to diagnose a full thickness rotator cuff tear, the best combination of tests, when all three are positive, were the painful ...