ULTT are performed to assess peripheral nerve mobility and compression or as a part of neurodynamic assessment. These tests are performed as a cluster to make a confirmatory diagnosis for nerve involvement. They are both diagnostic and therapeutic. Once the diagnosis is made the tests are done to mobilize the entrapped nerve.

ULTT 1 - Upper Limb Tension Test 1: PURPOSE: To test for C5, C6, C7 nerve roots and median nerve as the source of the patient’s painful shoulder and arm. VIDEO DEMO, Technique, POSITIVE SIGN: Recurrence of their shoulder and arm pain.

Upper Limb Tension Test 1/ ULTT1 / ULNT A for Cervical Radiculopathy and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The upper limb tension test can be seen as the equivalent of the straight leg raise test for the neurological structures of the upper limbs.

2023年3月12日 · ULTTs goal is to elicit the symptoms of a patient. It is accomplished by maintaining specific positions for the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, as well as fingers to place stress on the particular nerve (nerve bias). Alterations to the position of each joint may also be used as a “sensitizer” to the particular nerves.

Elvey’s Upper Limb Tension Test 1 (ULTT A/Magee’s ULTT 1/ Median Nerve Bias) Instructions. 1. Have your patient lie down into a supine position. 2. Depress the patient’s shoulder or push your patient’s shoulder down. 3. Abduct the patient’s shoulder to 110 degrees. Ensure that the elbow is at 90 degrees. 4.

【上肢张力试验（ULTT）】，又叫臂丛张力试验或Elvey试验。 ULTT相当于是腰椎检查时的直腿抬高试验和直腿抬高加强试验。 目的是对上肢的神经结构施加压力，通过牵拉神经去诱发出上肢的放射症状，检测臂丛神经的张力。

2023年3月22日 · Upper Limb Tension (neurodynamic) Test 1 – Median Nerve, Anterior Interosseous Nerve, and C5,6,7 Nerve Root Bias. Purpose of Upper Limb Tension Test 1: To determine if the tension along the median/anterior interosseous/C5,6,7 nerve roots contributes to neurologic symptoms associated with cervical radiculopathy. Patient position: Supine lying.

2024年10月24日 · Elvey test (also known as upper limb tension tests ULTT or brachioplexus tension test) is a neurodynamic test used mainly to check for cervical spine radiculopathy. It was first described by Elvey RL. The nerve roots supplying the upper extremity are provoked by stretching them utilizing position changes of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist.

Upper Limb Tension Test: Radial Nerve Protocol. (A) Starting Position: shoulder is in 90 degrees of abduction, elbow in full flexion, the forearm is fully pronated, the wrist and fingers placed in full extension and ipsilateral lateral flexion of the cervical spine.

1. ULTT 1A = Brachial nerve complex 2. ULTT 2A = Median nerve 3. ULTT 2B = Radial nerve 4. ULTT 3 = Ulnar nerve