8 Additional Tests

Question 1

What does Waldron test for?

Answer 1

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) or Runner’s Knee​

Question 2

How is Waldron test conducted and what’s a positive?

Answer 2

• Test:
  
  • Patient is standing
  • Therapist palpates the patella while the patient performs knee bends
• Positive:
  
  • Presence of pain, crepitus, poor patellar tracking

Question 3

What does Pace test for?

Answer 3

Piriformis strength

Question 4

How is Pace Abduction test conducted and what’s a positive?

Answer 4

• px seated, hips flexed to 90°, knees together
• therapist places hands on lateral sides of knees, holding them together
• therapist resists px abducting hips
• positive: px cannot move knees apart
• positive: pain localized to piriformis suggests piriformis TrPs

Question 5

What does Gillet’s test for?

Answer 5

It’s an SI joint motion palpation

Question 6

How is Gillet’s test conducted and what’s a positive?

Answer 6

• px standing (hold something for stability if needed)
• therapist palpates PSIS with their thumb
• therapist palpates S2
• px flexes their hip and knee (on the side the therapist is palpating PSIS) (ask them to lift as high as they can)
• positive: SI joint hypomobility is present if the PSIS moves superiorly instead of inferiorly as the hip/knee are flexed

Question 7

What does Scalene Cramp test for?

Answer 7

• brachial plexus compression
• nerve root irritation
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrom (TOS)
• irritation of a scalene myofacial trigger point

Question 8

How is the Scalene Cramp test conducted?

Answer 8

• px seated, turns head to the afflicted side and tucks chin into the supraclavicular fossa
• therapist checks for any sign of discomfort or pain as the px assumes the position