Belly Press Test

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Accuracy

The “Belly Press Test” could only detect asymmetrical strength in shoulder IR when the involved shouulder was \(\leq 84\%\) as strong compared to the non-involved side¹.

References

Nagatomi T, Mae T, Nagafuchi T, Yamada SI, Nagai K, Yoneda M. Shoulder manual muscle resistance test cannot fully detect muscle weakness. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy: official journal of the ESSKA. 2017;25(7):2081-2088. doi:10.1007/s00167-016-4380-y

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Belly Press Test. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Examination/Tests and Measures/Upper Extremity Tests/Strength Tests/belly_press_test.html