Jerk Test (Clunk test)

Name: Jerk Test (Clunk test)
Uploaded: 2023-09-25T11:05:24+00:00
Description: The patient is seated or standing. Patient’s arm is in 90 degrees of abduction and internal rotation, elbow flexed. Examiner’s one hand stabilizes the shoulder, the other holds the elbow and applies an axial force

Testing position: The patient is seated or standing. Patient’s arm is in 90 degrees of abduction and internal rotation, elbow flexed. Examiner’s one hand stabilizes the shoulder, the other holds the elbow and applies an axial force, while adducting patient arm horizontally and attempting to provoke a posterior shoulder subluxation.
Expected Findings: Detection of a posteroinferior labral lesion. A sharp pain with or without posterior clunk or click suggested a positive test result.