Table 7 Summary of articles pulled for review by the authors: acromioclavicular (AC) joint pathology
Test, author [ref] and yearSample sizeSensitivity/specificityLR+/LR−QUADAS ScoreCriterion standard
Active compression/O’Brien test
Chronopoulos et al64 2004325 patients41/958.2/0.6210AC joint injection
Walton et al65 200438 patients16/901.6/0.9313AC joint injection
O’Brien et al50 1998262 patients93/9623.1/0.085Combination of radiograph, MRI, surgery was given to some but not all patients
Other tests
Chronopoulos et al64 2004 – AC resisted extension test348 patients72/854.8/0.3310AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al64 2004 – cross-body adduction test553 patients77/793.67/0.2910AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al. 2004 – Neer test585 patients57/410.97/1.110AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al64 2004 – Hawkins−Kennedy test337 patients47/450.85/1.210AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al64 2004 – painful arc test358 patients50/470.94/1.110AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al64 2004 – drop-arm test524 patients35/721.25/0.9010AC joint injection
Chronopoulos et al642004 – Speed test533 patients24/710.83/1.0710AC joint injection
Walton et al65 2004 – Paxino test38 patients79/501.58/0.4213AC joint injection
Walton et al65 2004 – pain with palpation38 patients96/101.07/0.4013AC joint injection