One of the rites of passage every student of chiropractic must endure is learning a litany of eponymic orthopedic tests. Most of these tests are named for their developers. Therefore, instead of descriptive terms, students must memorize proper names which communicate nothing more than egomania.
Proper names make great examination fodder.
State boards love them. Until recently, few M.D.s or chiropractors questioned the validity of these procedures. Thankfully, this is changing. Most of those which have been investigated have failed to demonstrate clinical utility. They have remained a part of the examination more by virtue of common use than on the basis of any scientific demonstration of their validity and clinical significance.