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Clunk Test - SLAP Special Test - Shoulder Clinical Examination 🧠 Want to learn more from me? Head to my profile and click the "Learn More" button to see all my latest articles and podcasts. The clunk test is often performed during the shoulder clinical exam to diagnosis a SLAP tear. Remember, SLAPs can occur for various reasons, but a Clunk Test is fairly general enough to be useful for most. I often related the Clunk Test to some of our meniscus tests in the knee. We are essentially looking fo

A type IV SLAP tear is a shoulder injury involving the superior labrum from anterior to posterior (hence, SLAP). In type IV, not only is the labrum torn, but the tear extends into the long head of the biceps tendon, which is partially or fully split along with the labrum. This makes it more complex and unstable than types I–III, and often more symptomatic. Anatomically, the glenoid labrum is a ring of fibrocartilage that deepens the socket of the glenoid to help stabilise the humeral head. The l