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Shoulder complaints are the most third musculoskeletal problems in general population. There are many physical exam maneuvers to manifest the shoulder problems. The aim of this study is to show the correlation and/or discorrelation of clinical accuracy of specific shoulder physical exam tests, which are using in practice, with magnetic resonance imaging. The patients who have admitted to outpatient clinic with shoulder pain were included respectively to this study. Of 47 patients who are fit to criteria, there were 28 female (59.6 %) and 19 male (40.4 %). The mean age was 59.5514.11 (age between: 21-82). There were 30 (63.8 %) right and 17 (36.2%) left affected shoulder. The dominant extremity were right in 39 (83%) and were left side in 8 (17%) patients. While the shoulder MRI of 27 (57.4%) of the patients included in the study was taken in the outer center, 20 (42.6%) MRI was also taken in our center. Shoulder physical exam tests were performed by one orthopaedic surgeon. Shoulder impingement tests, rotator cuff tests, labral tests, instability tests, biceps tendon tests and acromioclavicular joint evaluation tests were examined during the physical exam. The magnetic resonance imaging of patients were taken as a reference standard. The sensitivity and specificity of specific tests were calculated by cross table and the correlation of the tests were shown with magnetic resonance imaging method. The statistically significant values, which were compared between spesific shoulder tests and the patologic anatomic structures on magnetic resonance imaging, were mentioned as a table in the manuscript. However the correlation of specific shoulder physical exams with MRI shows different results in our study, it was shown compatible results with literature generally. The validity of these tests should be cleared out in the future with multiple centered and large extended studies.