Knee Special Tests Flashcards
When tests collateral ligaments, knee is placed in ____ degrees flexion.
20-30 degrees
Pivot shift tests for:
ACL integrity
How to perform pivot test
Pt Supine with testing knee in EXT, hip FLEXED and ABD 30*.
Place valgus force through knee while you flex
(+) Pivot Shift test
Clunk @ approximately 30-40*
Posterior Sag Test: Hip Flexed to ____ and Knee flexed to ___
Hip: 45*
Knee: 90*
McMurray’s Test tests for ____
Meniscal Tears
McMurray’s Test: To test Lateral meniscus you ____ (Interally rotate or laterally rotate knee) while extending?
Lateral Meniscus: Interally rotate
Medial meniscus: laterally rotate
Apley test, test for?
Differentiate between meniscal tears and ligamentous lesions
(+) Apley?
Pain with compression = meniscal dysfunction
Pain with distraction = ligamentous dysfunction
Hughston’s Plica Test - how?
Passively glide patella medially, while palpating medial femoral condyle. Feel for popping
What direction do you glide patella in patellar apprehension test?
Laterally
Clarke’s Sign indicates:
Patellofemoral dysfunction
How to perform Clarke’s Sign
Push posteriorly on superior pole of patella and ask pt to perform quad set
Positive Clarke’s Sign
Pain
Dancing Patella is the positive sign of what test?
Tap Test/Ballotable Patella
Q Angle measurement is between what and what? what is the norm?
Measurement of angle between quad muscle and patellar tendon
Norm: 13 for men, 18 for women
What does the noble compression test, test?
Distal IT band friction syndrome
How to perform noble compression test?
Pt supine, hip flexed to 45, knee flexed to 90
Apply pressure to lateral femoral condyle. Pain usually at 30 degrees flexion
Tinel’s Sign is regarding which nerve?
Fibular nerve
Where is the fibular nerve (Tinel’s sign) in the knee?
Posterior to fibula head
