Video 1.3. The Hawkins Test

The examiner demonstrates the appropriate technique for the Hawkins test for impingement on a patient’s right shoulder. The patient is seated on the examiner’s table. The examiner stabilizes the posterior shoulder with one hand and places the patient’s shoulder in 90 degrees of flexion and the patient’s elbow in 90 degrees of flexion. Using the other hand, the examiner internally rotates the shoulder by applying a downward force to the wrist.