Testing For:
C8 and T1 nerve roots and ulnar 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 90°
- Slowly flex their elbow, then supinate their forearm
- Slowly extend their wrist and fingers and deviate the wrist to the radial side.
Positive Sign:
Recurrence of their shoulder and arm pain.
Bryson Ingram R.M.T. 