Passive compression test

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Purpose
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The Passive Compression Test is a provocation test used to determine if there is a Superior Labral Anterior Posterior lesion.

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The patient starts in sidelying on the uninvolved side.  The examiner places the arm in 30 degrees of Abduction and then passively externally rotates the arm while pushing it proximally and extending the shoulder.  This results in compression of the superior labrum. 

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