THE HAWKINS-KENNEDY TEST FOR SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME (SAPS) The test is positive when the patient's pain is provoked and from an anatomical perpective, this can happen due to the encroachment of rotator cuff tendons and/or bursa when when tuberculum majus is driven into the roof of the acromion. According to a meta-analysis done by Hegedus et al.(2012) this test has a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 56%, which makes it a moderate test to rule out SAPS. The test does only have a weak ad

TOP 10 VIDEOS: 4 - HAWKINS-KENNEDY TEST FOR SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME / SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME (20.505 VIEWS) According to a meta-analysis done by Hegedus et al.(2012) this test has a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 56%. You can find the link to this very helpful meta-analyis under following link: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/14/964 The story is the same like for the Jobe test: You would expect it to be positive with (external) subacromial shoulder impingement syndrome and negat