Testing For:
C5, C6, C7 nerve roots and median nerve as the source of the patient’s painful shoulder and arm
Procedure:
- Patient is supine , with their side being tested at the edge of the table
- Apply a depressive force to the patient’s affected shoulder
- With your other hand, hold the patient’s wrist and Abduct their affected humerus to 110°
- Extend their arm to 10° below the coronal plane and, to 60° of external rotation
- Slowly extend their wrist and fingers
- Fully supinate their forearm then slowly extend their elbow
- ( you may flex their neck laterally to the opposite side if the above does not show up positive)
Positive Sign:
Recurrence of their shoulder and arm pain.
Bryson Ingram R.M.T. 