List of Common Orthopedic Tests
Following is a list of some common orthopedic tests
SHOULDER
1. Empty Can (Supraspinatus) Test
2. Yergason Test
3. Speed's Test
4. Ludington's Sign
5. Drop Arm Test
6. Apley's Scratch Test
7. Cross-Over Impingement Test
8. Neer Impingement Test
9. Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Test
10. Sternoclavicular (SC) Joint
Stress Test
Stress Test
11. Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint
Distraction Test
Distraction Test
12. Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint
Compression Test (Shear)
Compression Test (Shear)
13. Piano Key Sign
14. Apprehension Test (Anterior)
15. Apprehension Test (Posterior)
16. Sulcus Sign
17. Anterior Drawer Test
18. Posterior Drawer Test
19. Jobe Relocation Test
20. Feagin Test
21. Load and Shift Test
22. Grind Test
23. Clunk Test
24. O'Brien Test
25. Brachial Plexus Stretch Test
26. Shoulder Abduction Test
27. Adson's Maneuver
28. Allen's Test
29. Roos Test
30. Military Brace Position
31. Pectoralis Major Contracture
Test
Test
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR
1. Chvostek's Sign
2. Loading Test
3. Palpation Test
CERVICAL SPINE
1. Vertebral Artery Test
2. Foraminal Compression Test (Spurling)
3. Foraminal Distraction Test
4. Valsalva's Maneuver
5. Swallowing Test
6. Tinel's Sign
ELBOW
1. Resistive Tennis Elbow Test (Cozen's
Test)
Test)
2. Resistive Tennis Elbow Test
3. Passive Tennis Elbow Test
4. Golfer's Elbow Test
5. Hyperextension Test
6. Elbow Flexion Test
7. Varus Stress Test
8. Valgus Stress Test
9. Tinel's Sign
10. Pinch Grip Test
WRIST AND HAND
1. Tap or Percussion Test
2. Compression Test
3. Long Finger Flexion Test
4. Finkelstein Test
5. Phalen Test
6. Tinel's Sign
7. Froment's Sign
8. Wrinkle Test (Shrivel Test)
9. Digital Allen's Test
10. Bunnel Littler Test
11. Murphy's Sign
12. Watson Test
13. Valgus Stress Test
14. Varus Stress Test
15. Section VI: Thoracic Spine
16. Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
17. Lateral Rib Compression Test
18. Anterior/Posterior Rib Compression Test
19. Inspiration/Expiration Breathing Test
THORACIC SPINE
1. Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
2. Lateral Rib Compression Test
3. Anterior/Posterior Rib Compression Test
4. Inspiration/Expiration Breathing Test
LUMBAR SPINE
1. Valsalva's Maneuver
2. Stoop Test
3. Hoover
Test
Test
4. Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
5. 90-90 Straight Leg Raise Test
6. Bowstring Test (Cram Test)
7. Sitting Root Test
8. Unilateral Straight Leg Raise Test (Lasegue
Test)
Test)
9. Bilateral Straight Leg Raise Test
10. Well Straight Leg Raise Test
11. Slump Test
12. Thomas Test
13. Spring Test
14. Trendelenburg's Test
15. Stork Standing Test
SACRAL SPINE
1. Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Fixation Test
2. Gillet Test
3. Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Stress Test
4. Squish Test
5. Yeoman's Test
6. Gaenslen's Test
7. Patrick or FABER Test
8. Long-Sitting Test
HIP
1. Hip Scouring or Quadrant Test
2. Nélaton's Line
3. Craig's Test
4. 90-90 Straight Leg Raise Test
5. Patrick or FABER Test
6. Trendelenburg's Test
7. Ober's Test
8. Piriformis Test
9. Thomas Test
10. True Leg-Length Discrepancy Test
11. Apparent Leg-Length Discrepancy Test
12. Ely's Test
13. Tripod Test
14. Femoral Nerve Traction Test
KNEE
1. Patella Tendon/Patella Ligament Length Test
2. Patellar Apprehension Test
3. Ballotable Patella or Patella
Tap Test
Tap Test
4. Sweep Test
5. Quadriceps or Q-Angle Test
6. Medial-Lateral Grind Test
7. Bounce Home Test
8. Patellar Grind Test (Clarke's Sign)
9. Renne Test
10. Noble Test
11. Hughston's Plica
Test
Test
12. Godfrey 90/90 Test
13. Posterior Sag Test (Gravity Drawer Test)
14. Reverse Pivot Shift (Jakob
Test)
Test)
15. Anterior Lachman's Test
16. Anterior Drawer Test
17. Slocum Test With Internal
Tibial Rotation
Tibial Rotation
18. Slocum Test With External
Tibial Rotation
Tibial Rotation
19. Pivot Shift Test
20. Jerk Test
21. Posterior Drawer Test
22. Hughston Posteromedial
Drawer Test
Drawer Test
23. Hughston Posterolateral
Drawer Test
Drawer Test
24. Posterior Lachman's Test 27
25. External Rotation Recurvatum
Test
Test
26. Valgus Stress Test
27. Varus Stress Test
28. McMurray Test
29. Apley Compression Test
30. Steinmann’s Tenderness Displacement Test
31. Rectus Femoris Contracture
Test
Test
ANKLE AND FOOT
1. Homans' Sign
2. Anterior Drawer Test
3. Talar Tilt Test (Inversion)
4. Talar Tilt Test (Eversion)
5. Thompson Test
6. Tap or Percussion Test
7. Feiss Line 30
8. Interdigital Neuroma Test
9. Compression Test
10. Long Bone Compression Test
11. Swing Test
12. Kleiger's Test
13. Tinel's Sign
