Clinical Application and Implication of Pinch Roll Test

Pinch roll test is a physical examination that uses the fingers of the examiner to pinch the skin in the area of the skin segment where pain occurs to observe changes in the state of the senses or tissues.The Pinch roll test is a useful physical examination that allows health care worker to immediately conduct and evaluate results in primary healthcare institutions.In addition, the Pinch roll test has the advantage of being an easily applicable physical examination to distinguish whether pain is neurotic or local soft tissue damage in almost all areas of the human body.However, in the case of the pinch roll test, there is no systematic consideration of the test method or research that presented standard processes in Korea, so this paper describes this content.Through the search of domestic and foreign databases, our researchers selected a total of 16 papers using the pinch roll test as an physical examination and organize the pinch roll test's method and applicable parts in the human body, applicable disorders in the existing literatures.Search results showed that pinch roll tests were primarily used to diagnose neuro-musculoskeletal pain, most often to identify cervical and shoulder problems such as cervicogenic headaches.In addition, this paper specifically presents the actual standard procedure of the pinch roll test for reference to clinicians.