Skills
Prepare environment, gather equipment,
maintain medical asepsis
Inspect:
Posture
Gait
Neck: Inspection, Palpation & ROM
• Flexion
• Extension
• Rotation
• Lateral bending
Temporo-mandibular joint : Inspection,
Palpation & ROM
• Opening/ closing
• Protrusion/ retraction
• Lateral motion
Shoulders: Inspection, Palpation (sterno-
clavicular joint, clavicle, acromio-clavicular
joint, bicipatal groove, scapula, gleno-humeral
joint) & ROM:
• Flexion
• Extension
• Abduction
• Adduction
• Internal rotation
• External rotation
Special tests if specific diagnosis is suspected
✓ Drop arm sign (rotator cuff tear
✓ “Empty can” test (rotator cuff tear)
✓ Hawkin sign (rotator cuff tendonitis)
✓ Neer sign (rotator cuff tendonitis)
Elbow: Inspection, Palpation (olecranon
process, olecranon bursa, medial and lateral
condyles) & ROM
• Flexion
• Extension
• Pronation
• Supination
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