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. 2021 Feb;17(1):59-64.
doi: 10.1177/1556331620975033. Epub 2021 Feb 21.

The Virtual Shoulder Physical Exam

Sridhar Pinnamaneni  1 , Joseph D Lamplot  2 , Scott A Rodeo  3 , Stephanie Swensen-Buza  1 , Cort D Lawton  4 , Joshua S Dines  3 , Warren K Young  3 , Samuel A Taylor  3
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The Virtual Shoulder Physical Exam

Sridhar Pinnamaneni et al. HSS J. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: body sites; diagnostic modalities; general topics; nonoperative treatments; physical exam; physiotherapy; practice management; practice specialty; shoulder; sports.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Sridhar Pinnamaneni, MD; Joseph D. Lamplot, MD; Stephanie Swensen-Buza, MD; Cort D. Lawton, MD; and Warren K. Young, MD, declare they have no conflicts of interest. Scott A. Rodeo, MD, reports relationships with Advance Medical and Ortho RTI, outside the submitted work. Joshua Dines reports relationships with Arthrex Inc, Thieme Inc, Linvatec, Wolters Kluwer Health, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, and the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, outside the submitted work. Samuel A. Taylor, MD, reports relationships with DJO Orthopedics and Mitek, outside the submitted work.

Figures

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Fig. 1.
Schematic of virtual shoulder examination.
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Fig. 2.
Modifications to common exam maneuvers for virtual shoulder exam: (a) Jobe’s test (thumbs down abduction) with soup cans in grocery bag for resistance. (b) Resisted external rotation testing. (c) Resisted internal rotation testing. (d) Hawkins test using contralaternal hand to push abducted shoulder into internal rotation. (e) Cross-body adduction using contralaternal arm. (f) O’Brien (active compression) test with the thumb pointed down and resistance provided by soup cans in grocery bag (Supplemental Table 7). (g) O’Brien test with thumb pointed up [24].
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