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Rent Sign
Rent Sign
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Name
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Purpose1
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Description1
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Sensitivity, Specificity
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DOR
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Likelihood Ratio +/-
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Rent Sign/Test
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Tests for a torn rotator cuff or rotator cuff impingement
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Have the patient seated with arm relaxed and stand to the rear of the patient. The examiner palpates anterior to the anterior edge of the acromion with one hand while holding the patient’s flexed elbow with the other. The examiner passively extends the shoulder while slowly rotating the shoulder into external and internal rotation. The greater tuberosity will be prominent and a depression of about 1 finger width will be felt if a rotator cuff tear is present.
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Sensitivity= 912-963
Specificity= 752-973
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DOR=
30.332-8003
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LR+ =3.642-323
LR- =0.043-0.122
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1. Cook CE, Hegedus EJ. Orthpoedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hal; 2008.
2. Lyons AR, Tomlinson JE. Clinical diagnosis of tears of the rotator cuff. J Bone Joint Surg Br.1992; 74:414-415.
3. Wolf EM, Agrawal V. Transdeltoid palpation(the rent test) in the diagnosis of rotator cuff tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2001; 10: 470-473.
