JOBE RELOCATION TEST

​• ​Test positioning

The client lies supine with the test shoulder in 90-degrees of abduction and full external rotation.

The therapist stands with the distal hand grasping the client's wrist and hand.

The therapist's proximal hand is placed over the client's humeral head (anteriorly).

​• ​Action

The therapist applies a posterior force to the humeral head, while the therapist externally rotates the client's humerus.

​• ​Positive finding

A reduction of pain and apprehension, and commonly an increase in shoulder external rotation, are indicative of anterior instability.

​• Special considerations & comments

​This test should be performed immediately following the apprehension test.

Pain associated with the Jobe relocation test that follows a positive anterior apprehension test may be associated with any number of pathologies not limited to anterior instability.

However, if pain is seen with an anterior apprehension test and subsides with a subsequent Jobe relocation test, it is quite possible that any pain was in fact associated with a greater than normal anterior gliding of the humeral head.