UPPER LIMB

TENSION TEST 2 (ULTT2)

​• Testing for

The Median nerve, Musculocutaneous Nerve, and Axillary Nerve as the source of the client’s painful shoulder and arm

​• Test positioning

The client is supine, with their side being tested at the edge of the table.

​• Action

Apply a depressive force to the client’s affected shoulder.

With your other hand, hold the client’s wrist and Abduct their affected humerus to 10-degrees.

Slowly extend their wrist and fingers.

Fully supinate their forearm then slowly extend their elbow

​• Positive finding

Recurrence of their shoulder and arm pain.