Jobe Test (Empty can)
- Jobe Test (Empty can) is used to test for
- Weakness or insufficiency of the supraspinatus muscle
- Rotator cuff impingement
- The test is performed by placing the shoulder in 90 degrees of abduction and 30 degrees of forward flexion
- and internally rotated so that the thumb is pointing toward the floor.
- Muscle testing against resistance shows weakness or insufficiency of the supraspinatus owing to a tear or pain associated with rotator cuff impingement
- Sensitivity: 88 %
- Specificity: 62 %
- Campbel's Operative Orthopaedics 13th Book
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