YERGASON TEST

​​• Test positioning

The client sits with their elbow flexed to 90 degrees and stabilized against the thorax.

The forearm is in a pronated position.

The therapist places one hand along the client's forearm and the other hand on the proximal portion of the client's humerus near the bicipital groove.

​• Action

The therapist resists the client's attempt to actively supinate the forearm and externally rotate the humerus.

​• Positive finding

Pain that is reported to exist in the area of the bicipital groove is a positive finding that may indicate bicipital tendinitis.

• Special considerations & comments

This is a difficult test to perform.

One may be just as accurate to assess
bicipital tendinitis by simply palpating the long head of the biceps tendon in the bicipital groove.