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Shoulder Examination

MusculoskeletalYear 2

A shoulder station lives or dies on the special tests. This checklist runs the standard look-feel-move structure, then the rotator cuff, impingement and instability manoeuvres with the structure each one isolates.

Marking points
30
Run-through
~8m
Progress
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1

Introduction

0/7
2

Inspection

0/5
3

Palpation

0/3

  • Including sternoclavicular joint, clavicle, acromioclavicular joint, coracoid process, greater tubercle

4

Movement Assessment

0/8

  • Perform passive movements if active movements are limited

5

Special Tests

0/5

  • Assesses rotator cuff function

  • Assesses for supraspinatus impingement

  • Assesses supraspinatus muscle

  • Assesses infraspinatus and teres minor

  • Assesses subscapularis muscle

6

Conclusion

0/2
0/30

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