{"id":12338,"date":"2022-10-26T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/?post_type=wiki&amp;p=12338"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:44:56","slug":"shoulder-abduction-sign","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/shoulder-abduction-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulder Abduction Sign"},"featured_media":12339,"template":"","class_list":["post-12338","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"page-header-detail-page","background":{"background_image":12339,"background_image_alt_text":"Shoulder Abduction Sign"},"heading":"Shoulder Abduction Sign | Cervical Radiculopathy","subheading":"Cervical Spine Assessment","content_editor":"","button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Check our shop","button_style":"button-five","button_internal_link":4646,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":"","label":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"submenu","links":[{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Learn","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-3","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Assessment E-Book","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-4","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Reviews","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-5","button_url":"","button_file":null}],"dropdown_label":"Go to","button_right":{"button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Become a member","button_style":"button-three","button_internal_link":16662,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":""},"button_description":"Find this wiki on the Physiotutors platform"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>Learn<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<h6>Shoulder Abduction Sign | Cervical Radiculopathy Assessment<\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder abduction sign or shoulder abduction relief test is a simple test to assess whether a patient's peripheral arm symptoms stem from cervical root pathology.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A systematic review of the literature conducted by Rubinstein et al in 2006 reports low to moderate sensitivity and moderate to high specificity for this test. Pooling was not possible due to heterogeneity of the included studies. The clinical utility of this test is at least questionable.\u00a0<\/span>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8_AHkiiPYS8[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conduct the test the patient is in sitting position.\nProvided the patient is experiencing symptoms, the examiner asks the patient to abduct the affected arm in a manner so that the hand rests on top of the head.\n<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relief of radicular symptoms indicate a positive test.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hypothesized mechanism is reduced tension of the affected nerve root.<\/span>\n\nOther common tests to assess for cervical radiculopathy are:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/cluster-of-wainner\/\">The Cluster of Wainner<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/cervical-distraction-test\/\">Cervical Distraction Test<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/upper-limb-tension-test-1\/\">The Upper Limb Tension Test 1 \/ ULNT 1 \/ ULNT A<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/neck-tornado-test\/\">Neck Tornado Test<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/arm-squeeze-test\/\">Arm Squeeze Test<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/spurlings-test-cervical-radicular-syndrome\/\">Spurling's Test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n[cta]\n\n&nbsp;\n"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>References<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12544957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wainner RS, Fritz JM, Irrgang JJ, Boninger ML, Delitto A, Allison S. Reliability and diagnostic accuracy of the clinical examination and patient self-report measures for cervical radiculopathy. 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