{"id":11572,"date":"2022-08-26T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/?post_type=wiki&amp;p=11572"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:11:04","slug":"shoulder-shrug-sign","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/shoulder-shrug-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulder Shrug Sign"},"featured_media":11573,"template":"","class_list":["post-11572","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"page-header-detail-page","background":{"background_image":11573,"background_image_alt_text":"Shoulder Shrug Test"},"heading":"Shoulder Shrug Sign | Shoulder OA Exam | Frozen Shoulder Assessment","subheading":"Shoulder 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 Shrug Sign | Shoulder OA Exam | Frozen Shoulder Assessment<\/h2>\nThe Shoulder Shrug Sign is an orthopedic test to diagnose Frozen Shoulder as well as osteoarthritis in the shoulder joint.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/18543050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jia et al. (2008)<\/a> found to have a sensitivity 91% with a specificity of 57% in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis in the shoulder and a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 50% in the diagnosis of Frozen Shoulder. This means that this test is useful to rule out those two conditions and has a moderate clinical value in our opinion.\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tInWp-2DlN8[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\nTo assess for the sign ask your patient to flex his elbows to 90\u00b0 and to abduct both arms to 90\u00b0 in the plane of the body and to hold that position briefly.\n\nThis sign is considere positive if the patient has to elevate the whole scapula or shoulder girdle \u2013 which means he has to shrug the shoulders \u2013 to achieve the 90\u00b0 of shoulder abduction.\n\n[cta]\n\nA test to distinguish between Frozen Shoulder and Pseudo Frozen Shoulder is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/coracoid-pain-test\/\">Coracoid Pain Test<\/a>. However, the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/frozen-shoulder-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosis of Frozen Shoulder<\/a> is done by certain criteria on passive range of motion restriction.\n\n&nbsp;\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\/18543050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jia, X., Ji, J. H., Petersen, S. A., Keefer, J., &amp; McFarland, E. G. (2008). Clinical evaluation of the shoulder shrug sign.\u00a0<i>Clinical orthopaedics and related research<\/i>,\u00a0<i>466<\/i>(11), 2813-2819.<\/a>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"cta-image-v2","layout":"","background":"transparent","heading":"","content_editor":"<p class=\"subheading\">Like what you\u2019re learning?<\/p>\n<p class=\"heading-two\">BUY THE FULL PHYSIOTUTORS <strong>ASSESSMENT BOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>600+ Pages e-Book<\/li>\n \t<li>Interactive Content (Direct Video Demonstration, PubMed articles)<\/li>\n \t<li>Statistical Values for all Special Tests from the latest research<\/li>\n \t<li>Available in \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7<\/li>\n \t<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>","button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Check out our 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