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Revision as of 13:24, 19 August 2016

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]


Type of Bursitis	Physical examination	Test
Subacromial bursitis	Swelling, at the posterior elbow Goose egg appearance over the olecranon process Tenderness for palpation at the affected site Systematic inflammatory processes Fever Rheumatoid nodules	Speed’s test (not specific) Neer’s test (not specific) Impingement test (doesn’t exclude the other medical conditions that can be confused with bursitis such as rotator cuff injury) Empty beer can test (differentiate a bursitis from a supraspinatus tendinitis) Glenohumeral abduction (can be positive in bursitis and frozen shoulder which can occurred with bursitis )
Elbow bursitis
Hip bursitis
Knee Bursitis
Ankle bursitis	Tenderness at the back of heel Swelling at the back of heel

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+*Speed’s test (not specific)
+*Neer’s test (not specific)
+*Impingement test  (doesn’t exclude the other medical conditions that can be confused with bursitis such as [[rotator cuff tear|rotator cuff injury]])
+*Empty beer can test (differentiate a bursitis from a supraspinatus [[tendinitis]])
+*Glenohumeral abduction (can be positive in bursitis and frozen shoulder which can occurred with bursitis )
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