Special Tests

Question 1

military brach position test: position of patient

Answer 1

• standing
• the shoulders in a relaxed posture
• the head looking forward

Question 2

military brace position test: position of examiner

Answer 2

• standing behind the patient

- one hand positioned to locate the radial pulse on the involved extremity

Question 3

military brace position test: procedures

Answer 3

• the patient retracts & depresses the shoulders as if coming to military attention
• the humerus is extended & abducted to 30 degrees
• the neck & head are hyperextended

Question 4

military brace position test: positive test

Answer 4

the radial pulse disappears

Question 5

military brace position test: implications

Answer 5

the subclavian artery is being blocked by the costoclavicular structures of the shoulder

Question 6

empty can test assesses what pathology

Answer 6

supraspinatus