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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
 no, next |
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| Can the patient lift their arm above their head? | |
 yes, next |
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| Is there pain in the middle of the movement? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Holding arm out in front, with thumb down, push up against physio’s hands. Is it painful? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Hold arm up at 90° flexion with elbow bent. Internally rotate. Is it painful? | |
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 yes |
 Impingement
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
no, next |
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| Can the patient lift their arm above their head? | |
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no, next |
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| Is the patient between 45-55 years old? | |
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 no, next |
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| Can the patient move their arm as far as possible, even if painful, without help? | |
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 no, next |
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| Put hand behind back. Can the patient lift hand away from body? | |
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 no, next |
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| Can you lift the arm further than the patient can lift it? | |
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 yes |
 Rotator cuff tear
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
no, next |
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| Can the patient lift their arm above their head? | |
yes, next |
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| Is there pain in the middle of the movement? | |
no, next |
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| Lift arm across body. is it painful? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Is the patient older than 60 years? | |
 yes, next |
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| Is it painful to touch the edge of the bony tip of the shoulder? | |
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 yes |
| Shoulder osteoarthritis
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
no, next |
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| Can the patient lift their arm above their head? | |
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no, next |
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| Is the patient between 45-55 years old? | |
yes, next |
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| Is there a loss of external rotation? | |
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 yes |
| Frozen shoulder
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
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yes, next |
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| Is there an obvious step down deformity at the edge of the shoulder? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Touch edge of shoulder. Is it painful to feel corner of shoulder? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Lift arm across body. Is it painful? | |
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 yes |
| A/C joint dislocation
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
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yes, next |
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| Is there an obvious step down deformity at the edge of the shoulder? | |
no, next |
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| Is the ball of the shoulder joint positioned more to the front of the chest? | |
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 yes, next |
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| Can the patient lift their arm up? | |
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 no |
| Shoulder dislocation
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| Has there been a fall/ accident? | |
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yes, next |
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| Is there an obvious step down deformity at the edge of the shoulder? | |
no, next |
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| Is the ball of the shoulder joint positioned more to the front of the chest? | |
no, next |
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| Feel along upper arm and around shoulder blade. Is it painful? | |
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 yes |
| Shoulder fracture
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