To test specifically for an anterior impingement The Neer test is performed by internally rotating

In the Yocum test, the patients shoulder is abducted to 90,

When bicipital tendonitis is suspected, Speeds test is

To test more specifically for a SLAP lesion, and to differentiate it from an AC joint injury, the OBrien test is performed. In this test, the patient stands with the shoulder flexed to 90 and the elbow in full extension. The patients shoulder is then put into 1015 of adduction. With the patients hand supinated, the examiner puts an inferiorly directed force on the patients hand. The patient is then instructed tofully pronate the hand (such that the thumbs are pointing own) andthe examiner again places an inferiorly directed force onto the patients forearm (Photo 15). When the maneuver elicits pain insidethe shoulder when the hand is in supination, but not when the hand is in pronation, a SLAP lesion is suspected. However, this