Neer Test
- Neer Test is used to test for Impingement Syndrome
- subacromial injection of 10 mL of 1% lidocaine (Xylocaine)
- Pain caused by impingement usually is significantly reduced or eliminated.
- but pain caused by other conditions (with the exception perhaps of calcific tendinitis) is not relieved.
- Sensitivity: 79 %
- Specificity: 53 %
- Campbel's Operative Orthopaedics 13th Book
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17720798
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