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Procedure
- Ask the client to bring their arm out to the side to about 90°
- Ask them to turn the palm upwards TIP 208
- and to continue the abduction as far as they can TIP 220
Alternative Procedure
TIP 209 
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Zero Position
- Anatomical Position, or
- Seated, arms hanging down the side TIP 301
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Caution
- If there is a history of dislocation
- Discuss Painful Arc Syndrome with client TIP 218
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Endfeel
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Avoid
- Excessive scapular elevation/upward rotation TIP 302
- CL lateral flexion of the spine TIP 303
- Flexion of the arm TIP 304
- IL lateral flexion of the neck to meet arm TIP 206
- Elbow flexion TIP 207
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Permit
- Arm to laterally rotate (palms up) TIP 208
- Upward rotation of the scapula
- Elevation of clavicle TIP 207
- CL lateral flexion of the head in end-range TIP 220
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Agonist Muscles
Shoulder (Arm) Abductors
- Deltoid, PM (60-70%)
- Supraspinatus (30-40%)
- Biceps Brachii (long head) when arm is laterally rotated
- Serratus Anterior (indirectly by scapular upward rotation)
- Upper Trapezius (indirectly by scapular upward rotation and clavicular elevation)
- Upper Trapezius (indirectly by scapular upward rotation)
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Antagonist Muscles
Shoulder (Arm) Adductors
- Pectoralis Major, (sternal head), PM
- Latissimus Dorsi, PM
- Teres Major
- Coracobrachialis
- Teres Minor (weak)
- Triceps Brachii (long head)
- Infraspinatus
- Anterior Deltoid (when abducted)
- Posterior Deltoid (when abducted)
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Tissues Compressed
- Agonists, shoulder adductors
- Supraspinatus tendon
- Subdeltoid bursa
- Upper glenohumeral joint capsule
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Tissues Stretched
- Antagonists, shoulder adductors
- Posterior glenohumeral joint capsule
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Joints Directly Involved
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Joints Indirectly Involved
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