Title: Bone Wizardry / OMM Mastery / 18.Special Tests
Tags: #BW_OMM::Content::Diagnosis #BW_OMM::Type::Cloze BoneWizardry bonewizardry-free omm omt topic::special-tests
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Review Links: - Bone Wizardry special tests
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- Cleveland Clinic Spurling test
- APTA cervical arterial dysfunction screen
- AAFP neck pain evaluation
- Stanford shoulder exam
- AAFP hip evaluation
- AAFP knee evaluation

Q: Stenosis of the intervertebral foramen, resulting in a radiculopathy, which radiates into the upper extremity can be most effectively assessed using which special test?
[...]
A: Spurling test
Q: What special test will be positive in vertebral artery insufficiency?
[...]
A: vertebral artery / cervical arterial dysfunction screen
Q: A patient comes to your office with left sided shoulder pain. You suspect an overuse injury. In order to evaluate shoulder range of motion you perform what special test?
[...]
A: Apley scratch test
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Three tests, three regions: cervical foramen for Spurling, vascular patency for the arterial screen, and shoulder arc for Apley. Know which tissue each test is loading.

Q: A test is useful only after you match the [...] and the [...].
A: body region; structure being stressed
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Special tests are not magic names. Decode region, motion, and stressed tissue first.

Q: [...] reproduces cervical radicular pain by closing the neural foramen with extension, sidebending/rotation, and compression.
A: Spurling
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Neck-to-arm symptoms plus compression toward the painful side should trigger Spurling.

Q: [...] screens lumbosacral nerve-root irritation when low back pain radiates down the leg.
A: Straight leg raise
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Back-to-leg radicular pain lives in the straight-leg-raise lane, not the cervical test lane.

Q: In ligament testing, the test motion usually recreates the [...] that injured the ligament.
A: stress direction
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Knee and elbow ligament tests are solved by naming which side opens.

Q: A positive special test should be interpreted with the [...], not as a standalone diagnosis.
A: history, pain location, and neurovascular exam
Topic: Special Tests
Bone Wizardry Lock: Special tests support the diagnosis. They do not replace the stem.