An easy-to-use guide for the assessment of musculoskeletal problems in upper limbs. With over 300 illustrations, there is no resource quite like The Pocket Atlas of Special Tests for the Upper Limb. This clear and easy-to-use guide will help you understand the purpose, procedures, and additional considerations for 83 upper limb tests. These tests can help you identify whether the musculoskeletal problem lies with a joint, a ligament, a muscle, a tendon, or another structure. The guide is presented in three parts, covering the shoulder (part I), elbow (part II), and wrist and hand (part III). Finding what you need is easy with the alphabetical listing of the tests, which includes the reason for choosing each one. The Pocket Atlas of Special Tests for the Upper Limb offers manual therapists and students a quick reference for special tests that are useful when assessing musculoskeletal issues.
Jane Johnson, PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), BA(Hons), is a physiotherapist specializing in musculoskeletal health; in this role, she uses many different assessment techniques. Johnson is passionate about supporting students and helping newly qualified therapists gain confidence in their use of assessment and treatment techniques. Her aim is to share the knowledge she has gained in over 20 years of clinical practice, which she does using simple explanations. Johnson is the author of six titles in the Hands-On Guides for Therapists series: Postural Assessment, Postural Correction, Therapeutic Stretching, Deep Tissue Massage, Soft Tissue and Trigger Point Release, and Soft Tissue Therapy for the Lower Limb. These titles have been translated into multiple languages, including Japanese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Korean, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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
