Name
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Purpose
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Description
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Sensitivity, Specificity
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Validity, Reliability
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Likelihood Ratio +/-
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Speed’s Test (Biceps or straight arm test)
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This test looks for biceps muscle or tendon pathology
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“The patient’s arm is forward flexed to 90 degrees and then the patient is asked to resist an eccentric movement into extension, first with the arm supinated, then pronated. A positive test elicits increased tenderness in the bicipital groove, especially with the arm supinated.”[1]
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Sensitivity
90%[2]
Specificity
14%2
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+1.02
-0.712
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