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Alar Ligament Test
Bakody's Sign
Cervical Distraction Test
Cervical Rotation Lateral Flexion Test
Craniocervical Flexion Test (CCFT)
Deep Neck Flexor Endurance Test
Posterior-Anterior Segmental Mobility
Segmental Mobility
Sharp-Purser Test
Spurling's Maneuver
Transverse Ligament Test
ULNT - Median
ULNT - Radial
ULNT - Ulnar
Vertebral Artery Test
Thoracic Spine
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Adam's Forward Bend Test
Passive Neck Flexion Test
Thoracic Compression Test
Thoracic Distraction Test
Thoracic Foraminal Closure Test
Lumbar Spine/Sacroiliac Joint
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Active Sit-Up Test
Alternate Gillet Test
Crossed Straight Leg Raise Test
Extensor Endurance Test
FABER Test
Fortin's Sign
Gaenslen Test
Gillet Test
Gower's Sign
Lumbar Quadrant Test
POSH Test
Posteroanterior Mobility
Prone Knee Bend Test
Prone Instability Test
Resisted Abduction Test
Sacral Clearing Test
Seated Forward Flexion Test
SIJ Compression/Distraction Test
Slump Test
Sphinx Test
Spine Rotators & Multifidus Test
Squish Test
Standing Forward Flexion Test
Straight Leg Raise Test
Supine to Long Sit Test
Shoulder
>
Active Compression Test
Anterior Apprehension
Biceps Load Test II
Drop Arm Sign
External Rotation Lag Sign
Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Sign
Horizontal Adduction Test
Internal Rotation Lag Sign
Jobe Test
Ludington's Test
Neer Test
Painful Arc Sign
Pronated Load Test
Resisted Supination External Rotation Test
Speed's Test
Posterior Apprehension
Sulcus Sign
Thoracic Outlet Tests
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Adson's Test
Costoclavicular Brace
Hyperabduction Test
Roos (EAST)
Yergason's Test
Elbow
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Biceps Squeeze Test
Chair Sign
Cozen's Test
Elbow Extension Test
Medial Epicondylalgia Test
Mill's Test
Moving Valgus Stress Test
Push-up Sign
Ulnar Nerve Compression Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Wrist/Hand
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Allen's Test
Carpal Compression Test
Finkelstein Test
Phalen's Test
Reverse Phalen's Test
Hip
>
Craig's Test
Dial Test
FABER Test
FAIR Test
Fitzgerald's Test
Hip Quadrant Test
Hop Test
Labral Anterior Impingement Test
Labral Posterior Impingement Test
Long-Axis Femoral Distraction Test
Noble Compression Test
Percussion Test
Sign of the Buttock
Trendelenburg Test
Knee
>
Anterior Drawer Test
Dial Test (Tibial Rotation Test)
Joint Line Tenderness
Lachman Test
McMurray Test
Noble Compression Test
Pivot-Shift Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Posterior Sag Sign
Quad Active Test
Thessaly Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Foot/Ankle
>
Anterior Drawer
Calf Squeeze Test
External Rotation Test
Fracture Screening Tests
Impingement Sign
Navicular Drop Test
Squeeze Test
Talar Tilt
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Test
Test for Interdigital Neuroma
Windlass Test
HEP
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Neck and Shoulder
>
Supine Chin Tuck
Supine DNF with Towel Assist
Supine DNF
Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall
Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall with Scaption
Seated Cervical Retraction Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Extension Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Sidebend Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Rotation Repeated
Standing Wall Shrugs at 90 Degrees Flex
Seated Thoracic Whips
Standing Ballistic Shoulder Extensions
Standing Repeated Shoulder Extension with Squat
Standing Repetead Shoulder Horiz. Abd. with Ext. CKC
Seated with Arms on Pillows Cervical AROM (Flex/Ext/Rot/SB)
Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrugs
Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrug with Scapular Retraction
Supine Shoulder IR with GH Centralization
Supine Shoulder ER with GH Centralization
Holding Dumbbell at 180 Degrees Flexion for Time
Cat Camel
Prone T's
Prone Y's
Quad Chin Tuck w/ Shoulder Flexion
Low Back
>
Supine TA Isometric
Standing TA Isometric Agains Wall with Squat
Supine BKFO
Quad Rock Back
Standing Hip Hinge
Sit to Stand with Hip Hinge
Repeated Lumbar Sideglides
Repeated Standing Lumbar Extension
Repeated Standing Lumbar Flexion
Repeated Prone Press-Ups
Repeated Supine DKC
Slump Sciatic Nerve Glides
Birddog Progression
Hip and Knee
>
Clamshells with Progressions
Fire Hydrants with Progressions
Donkey Kicks
Bridge Variations
Repeated Hip Flexion
Squats
Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
CKC Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
Heel Slides
CKC DF with Tibial IR
Foot and Ankle
>
Calf Raises
Calf Raises with Soccer Ball Between Medial Malleoli
Towel Scrunches with Foot in PF
Toe Flexion Using T-Band with Foot in PF
PF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
DF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
Forefoot Adduction
Gastroc Stretch
Repeated PF
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Special Tests
Cervical Spine
>
Alar Ligament Test
Bakody's Sign
Cervical Distraction Test
Cervical Rotation Lateral Flexion Test
Craniocervical Flexion Test (CCFT)
Deep Neck Flexor Endurance Test
Posterior-Anterior Segmental Mobility
Segmental Mobility
Sharp-Purser Test
Spurling's Maneuver
Transverse Ligament Test
ULNT - Median
ULNT - Radial
ULNT - Ulnar
Vertebral Artery Test
Thoracic Spine
>
Adam's Forward Bend Test
Passive Neck Flexion Test
Thoracic Compression Test
Thoracic Distraction Test
Thoracic Foraminal Closure Test
Lumbar Spine/Sacroiliac Joint
>
Active Sit-Up Test
Alternate Gillet Test
Crossed Straight Leg Raise Test
Extensor Endurance Test
FABER Test
Fortin's Sign
Gaenslen Test
Gillet Test
Gower's Sign
Lumbar Quadrant Test
POSH Test
Posteroanterior Mobility
Prone Knee Bend Test
Prone Instability Test
Resisted Abduction Test
Sacral Clearing Test
Seated Forward Flexion Test
SIJ Compression/Distraction Test
Slump Test
Sphinx Test
Spine Rotators & Multifidus Test
Squish Test
Standing Forward Flexion Test
Straight Leg Raise Test
Supine to Long Sit Test
Shoulder
>
Active Compression Test
Anterior Apprehension
Biceps Load Test II
Drop Arm Sign
External Rotation Lag Sign
Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Sign
Horizontal Adduction Test
Internal Rotation Lag Sign
Jobe Test
Ludington's Test
Neer Test
Painful Arc Sign
Pronated Load Test
Resisted Supination External Rotation Test
Speed's Test
Posterior Apprehension
Sulcus Sign
Thoracic Outlet Tests
>
Adson's Test
Costoclavicular Brace
Hyperabduction Test
Roos (EAST)
Yergason's Test
Elbow
>
Biceps Squeeze Test
Chair Sign
Cozen's Test
Elbow Extension Test
Medial Epicondylalgia Test
Mill's Test
Moving Valgus Stress Test
Push-up Sign
Ulnar Nerve Compression Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Wrist/Hand
>
Allen's Test
Carpal Compression Test
Finkelstein Test
Phalen's Test
Reverse Phalen's Test
Hip
>
Craig's Test
Dial Test
FABER Test
FAIR Test
Fitzgerald's Test
Hip Quadrant Test
Hop Test
Labral Anterior Impingement Test
Labral Posterior Impingement Test
Long-Axis Femoral Distraction Test
Noble Compression Test
Percussion Test
Sign of the Buttock
Trendelenburg Test
Knee
>
Anterior Drawer Test
Dial Test (Tibial Rotation Test)
Joint Line Tenderness
Lachman Test
McMurray Test
Noble Compression Test
Pivot-Shift Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Posterior Sag Sign
Quad Active Test
Thessaly Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Foot/Ankle
>
Anterior Drawer
Calf Squeeze Test
External Rotation Test
Fracture Screening Tests
Impingement Sign
Navicular Drop Test
Squeeze Test
Talar Tilt
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Test
Test for Interdigital Neuroma
Windlass Test
HEP
>
Neck and Shoulder
>
Supine Chin Tuck
Supine DNF with Towel Assist
Supine DNF
Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall
Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall with Scaption
Seated Cervical Retraction Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Extension Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Sidebend Repeated
Seated Cervical Retraction with Rotation Repeated
Standing Wall Shrugs at 90 Degrees Flex
Seated Thoracic Whips
Standing Ballistic Shoulder Extensions
Standing Repeated Shoulder Extension with Squat
Standing Repetead Shoulder Horiz. Abd. with Ext. CKC
Seated with Arms on Pillows Cervical AROM (Flex/Ext/Rot/SB)
Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrugs
Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrug with Scapular Retraction
Supine Shoulder IR with GH Centralization
Supine Shoulder ER with GH Centralization
Holding Dumbbell at 180 Degrees Flexion for Time
Cat Camel
Prone T's
Prone Y's
Quad Chin Tuck w/ Shoulder Flexion
Low Back
>
Supine TA Isometric
Standing TA Isometric Agains Wall with Squat
Supine BKFO
Quad Rock Back
Standing Hip Hinge
Sit to Stand with Hip Hinge
Repeated Lumbar Sideglides
Repeated Standing Lumbar Extension
Repeated Standing Lumbar Flexion
Repeated Prone Press-Ups
Repeated Supine DKC
Slump Sciatic Nerve Glides
Birddog Progression
Hip and Knee
>
Clamshells with Progressions
Fire Hydrants with Progressions
Donkey Kicks
Bridge Variations
Repeated Hip Flexion
Squats
Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
CKC Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
Heel Slides
CKC DF with Tibial IR
Foot and Ankle
>
Calf Raises
Calf Raises with Soccer Ball Between Medial Malleoli
Towel Scrunches with Foot in PF
Toe Flexion Using T-Band with Foot in PF
PF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
DF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
Forefoot Adduction
Gastroc Stretch
Repeated PF
Examination Templates