Adson Test

Name: Adson Test
Uploaded: 2023-09-25T11:05:24+00:00
Description: The patient is seated or standing. Patient’s shoulder slightly abducted and externally rotated, elbow extended, forearm supinated. Examiner palpates radial pulse and asks patient to extend and laterally rotate the neck towards side being tested

Testing position: The patient is seated or standing. Patient’s shoulder slightly abducted and externally rotated, elbow extended, forearm supinated. Examiner palpates radial pulse and asks patient to extend and laterally rotate the neck towards side being tested.
Expected Findings: Evaluates for compression at the interscalene triangle. A positive test is a strength weakening of the radial pulse (not a change in the speed), reproduction of pain or paresthesias.