The Shoulder

Execution

• Resisted adduction is first executed as in the basic functional examination ( with the elbow extended)
• Then the elbow is kept flexed and resisted adduction is performed again.

Significance

• Pain during the resisted adduction with the elbow extended, but not if it is kept flexed points in the direction of a lesion of the long head of the biceps.
• The lesion is usually at the glenoid origin.