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NBCE PART 4 BOARDS LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
Yergason's Test (with verbal component*) - ANSWER-Patient
flexes elbow to 90 degrees while seated, doctor palpates biceps
tendon and resists patient's attempt to actively supinate hand and
flex elbow
"Audible click/snap in bicipital groove indicates bicipital tendon
instability"
Speed's Test - ANSWER-Patient is seated with elbow slightly
flexed palm up, doctor resists patient's attempt to flex shoulder
while extending and supinating forearm
Dawbarn's Test - ANSWER-Deep palpation by doctor over
subacromial bursa eliciting pain, without moving fingers, arm is
passively abducted
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Passive Shoulder Approximation - ANSWER-While patient is
standing, doctor approximates scapulae by lifting shoulders up
and back
Clunk Test - ANSWER-Patient supine, doctor brings arm into full
abduction, then doctor positions hands at elbow and under
humeral head, doctor externally rotates shoulder while applying
P-A pressure at GH joint
Cozen's Test - ANSWER-Patient elbow is flexed to 90 degrees
with forearm pronated and fist dorsiflexed, doctor stabilizes elbow
and resists patient's wrist dorsiflexion
Reverse Cozen's - ANSWER-Patient seated with arm close to
body, patient makes a fist and flexes wrist with supination, doctor
resists flexion of wrist while supporting at elbow
Mill's Test - ANSWER-Doctor passively flexes fingers/wrist/elbow
and then brings elbow around and into max pronation and
extension
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Golfer's Elbow Test - ANSWER-Doctor tells seated patient to
extend elbow and supinate hand, instruct patient to flex against
resistance
Elbow Flexion Test - ANSWER-Standing or seated patient is
asked to flex both elbow, then extend both wrists
Tinel's Sign at Wrist/Elbow - ANSWER-Percuss over flexor
retinaculum of wrist and Tunnel of Guyon
Percuss over Cubital Tunnel
Phaen's Sign - ANSWER-Patient flexes wrists maximally and
holds position for up to 1 minute by pushing both wrists together
Reverse Phalen's/Prayer Sign - ANSWER-Patient extends wrists
maximally and holds that position for up to 1 minute by pushing
palms together
NBCE PART 4 BOARDS LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
Yergason's Test (with verbal component*) - ANSWER-Patient
flexes elbow to 90 degrees while seated, doctor palpates biceps
tendon and resists patient's attempt to actively supinate hand and
flex elbow
"Audible click/snap in bicipital groove indicates bicipital tendon
instability"
Speed's Test - ANSWER-Patient is seated with elbow slightly
flexed palm up, doctor resists patient's attempt to flex shoulder
while extending and supinating forearm
Dawbarn's Test - ANSWER-Deep palpation by doctor over
subacromial bursa eliciting pain, without moving fingers, arm is
passively abducted
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Passive Shoulder Approximation - ANSWER-While patient is
standing, doctor approximates scapulae by lifting shoulders up
and back
Clunk Test - ANSWER-Patient supine, doctor brings arm into full
abduction, then doctor positions hands at elbow and under
humeral head, doctor externally rotates shoulder while applying
P-A pressure at GH joint
Cozen's Test - ANSWER-Patient elbow is flexed to 90 degrees
with forearm pronated and fist dorsiflexed, doctor stabilizes elbow
and resists patient's wrist dorsiflexion
Reverse Cozen's - ANSWER-Patient seated with arm close to
body, patient makes a fist and flexes wrist with supination, doctor
resists flexion of wrist while supporting at elbow
Mill's Test - ANSWER-Doctor passively flexes fingers/wrist/elbow
and then brings elbow around and into max pronation and
extension
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Golfer's Elbow Test - ANSWER-Doctor tells seated patient to
extend elbow and supinate hand, instruct patient to flex against
resistance
Elbow Flexion Test - ANSWER-Standing or seated patient is
asked to flex both elbow, then extend both wrists
Tinel's Sign at Wrist/Elbow - ANSWER-Percuss over flexor
retinaculum of wrist and Tunnel of Guyon
Percuss over Cubital Tunnel
Phaen's Sign - ANSWER-Patient flexes wrists maximally and
holds position for up to 1 minute by pushing both wrists together
Reverse Phalen's/Prayer Sign - ANSWER-Patient extends wrists
maximally and holds that position for up to 1 minute by pushing
palms together
