Hawkins-Kennedy Test | Subacromial Pain Syndrome (SAPS)

The Hawkins-Kennedy test has a sensitivity of 58 to 80 percent and a specificity of 56 to 67 percent. Furthermore Cadogan et al. found an interrater reliability of 0.34 which is why we give it a weak clinical value as a standalone test To perform the Hawkins-Kennedy test according to its original description Have the patient in sitting position with the affected arm in 90 degrees of shoulder flexion and the elbow flexed to 90 degrees Then fixate the scapula with one hand and hold onto the patient's elbow with the other hand and add passive internal rotation to the glenohumeral joint test is considered positive in case of the reproduction of the patient's familiar shoulder pain.

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