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The Empty Can Test, also known as the Jobe or Supraspinatus test, is used to assess for lesions of the rotator cuff, specifically the supraspinatus muscle and supraspinatus tendon. [1] Technique. The patients arm is actively abducted to 90 o. The examiner applies downward resistance to the abducted arm.
Kennedy test has an 80% sensitivity. The painful arc test has an 80% specificity for SAI. The apprehension test has a hazard ratio of 2.96 for anterior shoulder instability. The Jobe test has a sensitivity of 52.6% and a specificity of 82.4% for full-thickness supraspinatus tears, confirmed on arthroscopy.
Jobe's test, also known as empty can test, is an orthopedic examination used to test stability of the shoulder.
These were the lateral Jobe test, the Jobe supraspinatus test, strength in external rotation when compared to the normal side, and impingement testing. A consensus review was taken and the clinical tests were then validated postoperatively against the arthroscopic findings.
We present a new simple clinical test, to diagnose rotator cuff tears. ‘Lateral Jobe test’: The lateral Jobe test consists of the patient holding their arms in 90 degrees abduction in the coronal plane with the elbows flexed 90 degrees and the hands pointing inferiorly with the thumbs directed medially.
The empty can test (Jobe's test) and full can test are used to diagnose shoulder injuries. Specifically, these physical examination maneuvers examine the integrity of the supraspinatus muscle and tendon. [1]
Jobe’s empty can test was first described in 1983. This sets out to preferentially test supraspinatus (complete isolation of supraspinatus from the deltoid is difficult), the most commonly affected tendon when considering degenerative cuff disease.
