Shoulder Assessment Series Part 9: Jobe / Empty Can Test The Jobe or Empty can test is one of the standard tests to assess for Shoulder Assessment Syndrome. You would expect it to be positive with (external) subacromial shoulder impingement syndrome and negative with internal posteriosuperior glenoid impingement according to Cools et al. (2008). The test is also used to assess a lesion of the supraspinatus tendon together with the Full Can Test. | Physiotutors

EMPTY CAN FOR SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME AND ISOLATED SUPRASPINATUS TESTING? The empty can (EC) test have been promoted as being able to isolate activity to supraspinatus and are therefore diagnostic of supraspinatus dysfunction. However, Boettcher et al. (2009) examined the EMG activity of 13 muscles in 15 normal subjects and found that the EC test also equally activated nine other shoulder muscles: On the other hand, Jain et al. (2017) have evaluated this test with the goal of diagnosing rotato

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