Speed Test: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Superior Labral Anterior Posterior Lesion:
The patient's elbow is flexed 20 to 30 degrees with the forearm in supination and the arm in about 60 degrees of flexion. The examiner resists forward flexion of the arm while palpating the patient's biceps tendon over the anterior aspect of the shoulder.
The patient's elbow is flexed 20 to 30 degrees with the forearm in supination and the arm in about 60 degrees of flexion. The examiner resists forward flexion of the arm while palpating the patient's biceps tendon over the anterior aspect of the shoulder.
NOTE: odds ratio CI includes 1!
Associated Diagnoses:
Superior Labral Anterior Posterior Lesion
32% sensitive, 61% specific
50% sensitive, 67% specific