Upper Limb Tension Test 1 (ULTT1)

TESTING FOR

C5, C6, C7 nerve roots and median nerve as the source of the client’s painful shoulder and arm

PROCEDURE

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

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 110-degrees.

Extend their arm to 10-degrees below the coronal plane and, to 60-degrees of external rotation.

Slowly extend their wrist and fingers.

Fully supinate their forearm then slowly extend their elbow.

( you may flex their neck laterally to the opposite side if the above does not show up positive)

POSITIVE FINDING

Recurrence of their shoulder and arm pain.