What is Jobe's test?
The Jobe test is one of the many physical diagnostic tests to explore the patient with a possible shoulder injury. The test is easily performed and only requires the expert's knowledge of the physician and the patient's pain or the patient's discomfort. Although the test results are not measured by scientific instruments, it may still indicate precisely whether there is a problem. Once a problem is found through the Jobe test, the patient may perform additional tests, such as displaying magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide a doctor for a clearer understanding of the basic cause of the shoulder pain.
The physician performs the Jobe test while the patient is fully aware of. The patient is asked to lie down on the test table and arms that have a possible shoulder injury is extended from the patient's body. The elbow then bends to an angle of 90 degrees, with the patient's thumb facing the patient's body and toes towards the patient's feet. The forearm then turns in the patient's head direction. At this point, the physician records information about the angle of the patient's arm at the most back angleu that the patient turned comfortably. The arm then returns to the neutral state and lies next to the patient.
After performing this preliminary part of the Jobe test, the doctor is then pushed down on the patient's shoulder and repeats the rotating movement. The doctor stops turning his shoulder when the patient feels pain or discomfort, or becomes concerned that movement will cause pain. Again, the angle of the shoulder when the patient is stopped by the test.
To see if the shoulder injury has been injured by Jobe's test, the doctor compares the results of the first horotation with rotation, which also included pressure on the shoulder. Patients with injury to rotator cuffs often show a more limited range of movement when pressure exerts on the shoulder. This test is particularly useful in attempting to diagnose damage to the front of the rotator cuff, which is part of the shoulder that may not show signs of injury when it is subjected to other tests. Patients with positiveThe result of the Jobe test is often examined further by means of other diagnostic tools to determine the extent of the injury.