THE SCAPULA ASSISTANCE TEST (SAT) The SAT is rather a symptom alteration test that is often used in routine care to guide further treatment. If symptom alteration can be achieved by the SAT, one might assume that scapular strengthening can have a positive impact on the patients shoulder symptoms. According to Rabin et al. (2006) the SAT has a moderate reliability with a Kappa value of k= 0.53 in the scapular plane and a substantial reliability with Kappa of k= 0.62 in the sagittal plane. | Physi

TEST CLUSTER FOR SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME (SAPS) Most shoulder special tests are unfortunately not that special - especially regarding SAPS. So while they don't have much clinical value, Michener et al. (2009) describes a cluster of 5 tests, which alters the post-test probability with 3 or more positive tests out of 5 by LR 2.93 and less than 3 positive out of 5 with LR- 0.34. This is still not much, but still better than a stand-alone test. These 5 tests are: Hawkins-Kennedy, Neer test, extern

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