The Pocket Atlas of Special Tests for the Upper Limb

Part I. The Shoulder
Chapter 1. Acromioclavicular Joint
Grades of AC Joint Ligament Injury
AC Joint Mobility Test
AC Shear Test
Paxino’s Test
Scarf (Cross Body Adduction Stress) Test
O’Brien’s (Active Compression) Test
Resisted AC Joint Extension Test
Painful Arc Test

Chapter 2. Scapulothoracic Joint
Apley’s Scratch Test
Lateral Scapular Slide Test
Scapular Assistance Test

Chapter 3. Supraspinatus
Painful Arc Test
Hawkins-Kennedy Test
Champagne Toast Test
Jobe’s (Empty Can) Test
Full Can Test
Yocum’s Test
Drop Arm (Codman’s) Test
Neer’s Impingement Sign

Chapter 4. Subscapularis
Gerber’s Lift Off Test
Internal Rotation Lag Sign
Belly Press Test
Napoleon Sign
Belly Off Sign
Bear Hug Test

Chapter 5. Infraspinatus and Teres Minor
External Rotation Lag Sign
Hertel’s Drop Sign
Walch’s Hornblower Sign
Patte’s Test
Internal Rotation Resistance Strength Test

Chapter 6. Labrum of the Glenohumeral Joint
Habermeyer’s Supine Flexion Resistance Test
Crank (Compression Rotation) Test
Clunk Test
Kim’s Test
Biceps Load Test 1
Biceps Load Test 2
Yergason’s Test
Speed’s Test
Ludington’s Test

Chapter 7. Shoulder Instability
Neer’s Test (Sulcus Sign)
Rowe’s Test
Gagey Hyperabduction Test
Dugas Test
Load and Shift Test
Anterior Instability Apprehension Test
Anterior Drawer Test
Fulcrum Test
Posterior Apprehension Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Jerk Test

Part II. The Elbow
Chapter 8. Medial and Lateral Epicondylalgia
Golfer’s Elbow Provocation Test
Golfer’s Elbow Test
Cozen’s Test
Mill’s Test
Maudsley’s Test
Polk’s Test

Chapter 9. Stability Tests
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Moving Valgus Stress Test
Posterolateral Rotatory-Instability Test
Chair Push-Up Test

Chapter 10. Nerve Compression Tests
Ulnar Nerve Flexion Test
Pressure Provocation Test
Tinel’s Test or Hoffman-Tinel Sign
Supinator Compression Test

Chapter 11. Soft Tissue Tests
Elbow Plica Entrapment (Flexion-Pronation) Test
Elbow Plica Entrapment (Extension-Supination) Test
Elbow Hook Test

Part III. The Wrist and Hand 
Chapter 12. Wrist Ligament Tests
Radial Collateral Ligament Stress Test
Ulnar Collateral Ligament Stress Test
Piano Key Test
Watson (Scaphoid Shift) Test
Lunotriquetral Shear Test
Lunotriquetral Shear Test (Kleinman)
Lunotriquetral Shear Test (Raegan)
Lunotriquetral Shear Test (Linscheid)
Dorsal Capitate Displacement Apprehension Test
Supination Lift Test

Chapter 13. Carpal Tunnel Tests
Tinel’s Sign Test
Phalen’s Test
Carpal Compression Test

Chapter 14. Thumb Tests
Thumb Grind (Axial Compression) Test
Finkelstein Test
Joint Play Movement Test for the Fingers

References
Appendix