The Applicability of Provocative Functional Tests in the Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Muscle Injuries of the Best University Athletes
Table 2
Results of the differences between subjects with the presence and absence of pain in PFT and the occurrence of tendinitis of the shoulder rotator cuff muscles.
Biceps brachii caput longum tendinitis ()
Tendinitis subscapularis ()
Tendinitis supraspinatus ()
Tendinitis infraspinatus ()
Speed’s test
χ2 (df)
3.82 (2)
5.88 (1)
6.25 (3)
19.81 (2)
(φ)
0.15 (0.25)
0.02 (0.31)
0.10 (0.32)
0.01 (0.58)
Neer’s test
χ2 (df)
21.24 (2)
1.59 (1)
9.40 (3)
8.98 (2)
(φ)
0.01 (0.60)
0.21 (0.16)
0.02 (0.40)
0.01 (0.39)
Hawkins test
χ2 (df)
3.43 (2)
3.02 (1)
6.42 (3)
4.91 (2)
(φ)
0.18 (0.24)
0.08 (0.22)
0.09 (0.33)
0.09 (0.29)
Lift-off test
χ2 (df)
5.75 (2)
3.91 (1)
1.04 (3)
2.00 (2)
(φ)
0.06 (0.31)
0.05 (0.26)
0.79 (0.13)
0.37 (0.18)
Yergason’s test
χ2 (df)
6.95 (2)
9.35 (1)
0.93 (3)
2.69 (2)
(φ)
0.03 (0.34)
0.01 (0.40)
0.82 (0.12)
0.26 (0.21)
Legend: χ2: chi-square test value; : level of statistical significance chi square test; df: degrees of freedom; φ: Phi coefficient of effects.
