Knee: Examination 2 Flashcards
Meniscal testing: McMurray
higher sensitivity or specificity
specificity (low to mod sensitivity)
Meniscal testing: McMurray
Higher specificity for medial or lateral?
lateral
Meniscal testing: McMurray (lateral)
specificity
94%
Meniscal testing: McMurray
specificity - medial
77%
Meniscal testing: What are the main special tests
- McMurray
- Apley compression
- JL tenderness
- Thessaly
JL tenderness: more sensitive or specific?
sensitivity > specificity
Meniscal testing: JL tenderness
sensitivity - medial
83%
Meniscal testing: JL tenderness
sensitivity - lateral
68%
Meniscal testing: Thessaly
sensitivity/specificity
- sens: 64%
- spec: 53%
What is the meniscal cluster?
- hx catching or locking
- JL tenderness
- pain with flexion OP
- pain with ext OP
- pain or audible click with McMurray
Meniscal Cluster: with 5/5 variables, get high specificity of
99%
Meniscal Cluster: 4+ variables
specificity
96%
Meniscal Cluster: high specificity, (high/low) sensitivity
low
PFPS is a diagnosis of
exclusion
PFPS: what to assess
- resisted knee ext through ROM
- step down test
- patellar mobility - apprehension test
- patellar compression
- posteromedial and lateral borders of patella
- strength testing