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      • Lumbar Quadrant Test
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      • Posteroanterior Mobility
      • Prone Knee Bend Test
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      • Resisted Abduction Test
      • Sacral Clearing Test
      • Seated Forward Flexion Test
      • SIJ Compression/Distraction Test
      • Slump Test
      • Sphinx Test
      • Spine Rotators & Multifidus Test
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      • Standing Forward Flexion Test
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      • Supine to Long Sit Test
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      • Speed's Test
      • Posterior Apprehension
      • Sulcus Sign
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        • Costoclavicular Brace
        • Hyperabduction Test
        • Roos (EAST)
      • Yergason's Test
    • Elbow >
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      • Chair Sign
      • Cozen's Test
      • Elbow Extension Test
      • Medial Epicondylalgia Test
      • Mill's Test
      • Moving Valgus Stress Test
      • Push-up Sign
      • Ulnar Nerve Compression Test
      • Valgus Stress Test
      • Varus Stress Test
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      • Carpal Compression Test
      • Finkelstein Test
      • Phalen's Test
      • Reverse Phalen's Test
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      • Craig's Test
      • Dial Test
      • FABER Test
      • FAIR Test
      • Fitzgerald's Test
      • Hip Quadrant Test
      • Hop Test
      • Labral Anterior Impingement Test
      • Labral Posterior Impingement Test
      • Long-Axis Femoral Distraction Test
      • Noble Compression Test
      • Percussion Test
      • Sign of the Buttock
      • Trendelenburg Test
    • Knee >
      • Anterior Drawer Test
      • Dial Test (Tibial Rotation Test)
      • Joint Line Tenderness
      • Lachman Test
      • McMurray Test
      • Noble Compression Test
      • Pivot-Shift Test
      • Posterior Drawer Test
      • Posterior Sag Sign
      • Quad Active Test
      • Thessaly Test
      • Valgus Stress Test
      • Varus Stress Test
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      • Calf Squeeze Test
      • External Rotation Test
      • Fracture Screening Tests
      • Impingement Sign
      • Navicular Drop Test
      • Squeeze Test
      • Talar Tilt
      • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Test
      • Test for Interdigital Neuroma
      • Windlass Test
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        • Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrugs
        • Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrug with Scapular Retraction
        • Supine Shoulder IR with GH Centralization
        • Supine Shoulder ER with GH Centralization
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Biceps Squeeze Test

Purpose: To determine the presence of a biceps brachii tendon rupture.

Test Position: Sitting.

Performing the Test: The patient is seated with forearm resting in their lap.  The elbow is flexed approximately 60-80 degrees with the forearm slightly pronated.  The clinician stands on the side of the extremity being tested and squeezes the biceps brachii firmly with both hands, one hand at myotendinous junction, and the other around the muscle belly.  As the biceps is squeezed, the muscle belly is drawn away from the humerus, causing an anterior bow of the muscle.  A positive test is lack of forearm supination indicating biceps brachii rupture.

Diagnostic Accuracy: Sensitivity: .96; Specificity: 1.0; -LR: .04, +LR: High.

Importance of Test:  The biceps brachii inserts into the radial tuberosity and aponeurosis of the biceps brachii (Neumann) 2010.  By flexing the elbow 60-80 degrees and slightly pronating the forearm, the biceps is put in a position where the moment arm of the biceps tendon is prime for supination.  If a distal biceps rupture is present then there will be an absence of supination upon squeezing the biceps. Squeezing the biceps simulates contraction.  

Note: these tests should only be used by properly trained health care practitioners    
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References:  
The Biceps Squeeze Test for diagnosis of distal biceps tendon ruptures

Neumann, Donald. "Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation." 2nd edition. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier, 2010. 198. Print.

"Users Guide to the Musculoskeletal Examination" by Timothy Flynn

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      • Deep Neck Flexor Endurance Test
      • Posterior-Anterior Segmental Mobility
      • Segmental Mobility
      • Sharp-Purser Test
      • Spurling's Maneuver
      • Transverse Ligament Test
      • ULNT - Median
      • ULNT - Radial
      • ULNT - Ulnar
      • Vertebral Artery Test
    • Thoracic Spine >
      • Adam's Forward Bend Test
      • Passive Neck Flexion Test
      • Thoracic Compression Test
      • Thoracic Distraction Test
      • Thoracic Foraminal Closure Test
    • Lumbar Spine/Sacroiliac Joint >
      • Active Sit-Up Test
      • Alternate Gillet Test
      • Crossed Straight Leg Raise Test
      • Extensor Endurance Test
      • FABER Test
      • Fortin's Sign
      • Gaenslen Test
      • Gillet Test
      • Gower's Sign
      • Lumbar Quadrant Test
      • POSH Test
      • Posteroanterior Mobility
      • Prone Knee Bend Test
      • Prone Instability Test
      • Resisted Abduction Test
      • Sacral Clearing Test
      • Seated Forward Flexion Test
      • SIJ Compression/Distraction Test
      • Slump Test
      • Sphinx Test
      • Spine Rotators & Multifidus Test
      • Squish Test
      • Standing Forward Flexion Test
      • Straight Leg Raise Test
      • Supine to Long Sit Test
    • Shoulder >
      • Active Compression Test
      • Anterior Apprehension
      • Biceps Load Test II
      • Drop Arm Sign
      • External Rotation Lag Sign
      • Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Sign
      • Horizontal Adduction Test
      • Internal Rotation Lag Sign
      • Jobe Test
      • Ludington's Test
      • Neer Test
      • Painful Arc Sign
      • Pronated Load Test
      • Resisted Supination External Rotation Test
      • Speed's Test
      • Posterior Apprehension
      • Sulcus Sign
      • Thoracic Outlet Tests >
        • Adson's Test
        • Costoclavicular Brace
        • Hyperabduction Test
        • Roos (EAST)
      • Yergason's Test
    • Elbow >
      • Biceps Squeeze Test
      • Chair Sign
      • Cozen's Test
      • Elbow Extension Test
      • Medial Epicondylalgia Test
      • Mill's Test
      • Moving Valgus Stress Test
      • Push-up Sign
      • Ulnar Nerve Compression Test
      • Valgus Stress Test
      • Varus Stress Test
    • Wrist/Hand >
      • Allen's Test
      • Carpal Compression Test
      • Finkelstein Test
      • Phalen's Test
      • Reverse Phalen's Test
    • Hip >
      • Craig's Test
      • Dial Test
      • FABER Test
      • FAIR Test
      • Fitzgerald's Test
      • Hip Quadrant Test
      • Hop Test
      • Labral Anterior Impingement Test
      • Labral Posterior Impingement Test
      • Long-Axis Femoral Distraction Test
      • Noble Compression Test
      • Percussion Test
      • Sign of the Buttock
      • Trendelenburg Test
    • Knee >
      • Anterior Drawer Test
      • Dial Test (Tibial Rotation Test)
      • Joint Line Tenderness
      • Lachman Test
      • McMurray Test
      • Noble Compression Test
      • Pivot-Shift Test
      • Posterior Drawer Test
      • Posterior Sag Sign
      • Quad Active Test
      • Thessaly Test
      • Valgus Stress Test
      • Varus Stress Test
    • Foot/Ankle >
      • Anterior Drawer
      • Calf Squeeze Test
      • External Rotation Test
      • Fracture Screening Tests
      • Impingement Sign
      • Navicular Drop Test
      • Squeeze Test
      • Talar Tilt
      • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Test
      • Test for Interdigital Neuroma
      • Windlass Test
    • HEP >
      • Neck and Shoulder >
        • Supine Chin Tuck
        • Supine DNF with Towel Assist
        • Supine DNF
        • Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall
        • Standing Chin Tuck Against Wall with Scaption
        • Seated Cervical Retraction Repeated
        • Seated Cervical Retraction with Extension Repeated
        • Seated Cervical Retraction with Sidebend Repeated
        • Seated Cervical Retraction with Rotation Repeated
        • Standing Wall Shrugs at 90 Degrees Flex
        • Seated Thoracic Whips
        • Standing Ballistic Shoulder Extensions
        • Standing Repeated Shoulder Extension with Squat
        • Standing Repetead Shoulder Horiz. Abd. with Ext. CKC
        • Seated with Arms on Pillows Cervical AROM (Flex/Ext/Rot/SB)
        • Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrugs
        • Seated with Arms on Pillows Shrug with Scapular Retraction
        • Supine Shoulder IR with GH Centralization
        • Supine Shoulder ER with GH Centralization
        • Holding Dumbbell at 180 Degrees Flexion for Time
        • Cat Camel
        • Prone T's
        • Prone Y's
        • Quad Chin Tuck w/ Shoulder Flexion
      • Low Back >
        • Supine TA Isometric
        • Standing TA Isometric Agains Wall with Squat
        • Supine BKFO
        • Quad Rock Back
        • Standing Hip Hinge
        • Sit to Stand with Hip Hinge
        • Repeated Lumbar Sideglides
        • Repeated Standing Lumbar Extension
        • Repeated Standing Lumbar Flexion
        • Repeated Prone Press-Ups
        • Repeated Supine DKC
        • Slump Sciatic Nerve Glides
        • Birddog Progression
      • Hip and Knee >
        • Clamshells with Progressions
        • Fire Hydrants with Progressions
        • Donkey Kicks
        • Bridge Variations
        • Repeated Hip Flexion
        • Squats
        • Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
        • CKC Seated Repeated Knee Extensions
        • Heel Slides
        • CKC DF with Tibial IR
      • Foot and Ankle >
        • Calf Raises
        • Calf Raises with Soccer Ball Between Medial Malleoli
        • Towel Scrunches with Foot in PF
        • Toe Flexion Using T-Band with Foot in PF
        • PF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
        • DF with Toes Flexed Using T-Band
        • Forefoot Adduction
        • Gastroc Stretch
        • Repeated PF
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