The client is being assessed for rotator cuff injury. Which physical assessment finding is consistent with this type of injury?
a. The client is unable to maintain adduction of the affected arm at the shoulder for longer than 30 seconds.
b. The client is able to raise the affected arm to shoulder height but feels pain on doing this maneuver.
c. The client is unable to initiate or maintain abduction of the affected arm at the shoulder.
d. The client has referred pain to the shoulder and arm opposite the affected shoulder.
C
Clients with a rotator cuff tear are unable to initiate or maintain abduction of the affected arm at the shoulder. This is known as the drop arm test. The other options are not descriptive of a rotator cuff injury.
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