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Yergason Test
Aka: Yergason Test
- See Also
- Shoulder Strength Exam
- Shoulder Anatomy
- Shoulder History
- Shoulder Exam
- Shoulder Pain
- Indication
- Assessment for Bicipital Tenosynovitis
- Mechanism
- Evaluates biceps tendon stability in bicipital groove
- Technique
- Patient flexes elbow to 90 degrees
- Examiner stabilizes arm
- One hand grasps patient's elbow
- Other hand grasps patient's wrist
- Examiner stresses biceps tendon
- Examiner applies downward traction on arm at elbow
- Externally rotate patient's arm against resistance
- Interpretation: Signs of Unstable Biceps tendon
- Biceps tendon falls out of bicipital groove
- Patient experiences pain in region of bicipital groove