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Table 1 Test battery for measuring elbow instability

From: Reliability, validity and critical appraisal of the cross-cultural adapted German version of the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS-G)

Type of instability

Assessment

Diagnostic accuracy

Posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI)

Chair push-up test

Prone push-up test

Sens. 88%

Sens. 88%

Valgus instability

Valgus stress test

Moving valgus stress test

Pain: Sens. 65%/ Spec. 50%;

Laxity: Sens. 19%/Spec. 100%

Sens. 100%/Spec. 75%

Varus posteromedial rotatory instability (VPMI)

Gravity-assisted varus stress test

No data