A positive result on both the Paxinos test and bone scan ruled in a diagnosis of acromioclavicular joint painDiagnostic values of tests for acromioclavicular joint pain.

Yelland, Michael MBBS, FRACGP (commentator)
Walton, J
Mahajan, S
Paxinos, A
et al,

University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Walton J, Mahajan S, Paxinos A, et al. Diagnostic values of tests for acromioclavicular joint pain. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004; 86-A: 807–12.WaltonJMahajanSPaxinosAet alDiagnostic values of tests for acromioclavicular joint pain.J Bone Joint Surg Am200486-A807-12Q In patients with shoulder pain (mapped within an area bounded by the midpart of the clavicle and the deltoid insertion), what is the accuracy of clinical and imaging tests for diagnosing acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) pain?

For correspondence: Dr G A Murrell, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [email protected]

Source of funding: no external funding.

Evidence Based Medicine 10(1):p 27, February 2005.

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