Orthopedic Special Tests

Question 1

ACL tests

Answer 1

1. anterior drawer test

2. lachman test

Question 2

PCL test

Answer 2

posterior drawer test

Question 3

MCL test

Answer 3

valgus stress test

Question 4

LCL test

Answer 4

varus stress test

Question 5

patella test

Answer 5

patellar apprehension test

Question 6

meniscal test

Answer 6

1. Apley’s Compression Test
2. McMurray Test
3. Thessaly Test

Question 7

subacromial pain syndrome test

Answer 7

1. Neer test
2. Hawkins-Kennedy Test
3. empty can test

Question 8

rotator cuff tears test

Answer 8

drop arm test

Question 9

SLAP lesion tests

Answer 9

1. O’Brien’s Test

2. Yergason’s Test

Question 10

Long head of biceps test

Answer 10

Yergason’s test

Question 11

lumbar radiculopathy tests

Answer 11

1. straight leg raise test

2. crossed straight leg raise test

Question 12

carpal tunnel tests

Answer 12

1. Tinel’s test

2. Phalen’s Test

Question 13

deQuervain’s syndrome test

Answer 13

Finkelstein’s Test

Question 14

anterior drawer technique

Answer 14

Position: foot on table, knee flexed 60-90 degrees, hamstring relaxed

Movement: translate proximal tibia anteriorly on femur

Question 15

lachman test technique

Answer 15

Position: supine, knee flexed 20-30 degrees, hamstrings relaxed

Movement: stablize femur, translate proximal tibia anteriorly

Question 16

posterior drawer technique

Answer 16

Position: foot on table, knee flexed 60-90 degrees, hamstring relaxed

Movement: translate proximal tibia posterior on femur

Question 17

Knee valgus stress test technique

Answer 17

Position: supine, flex knee 15-30 degrees

Movement: provide valgus stress and push knee medially

Question 18

Knee varus stress test technique

Answer 18

Position: supone, flex knee 15-30 degrees

Movement: provide varus stress and push knee laterally

Question 19

patellar apprehension test technique

Answer 19

Position: supine w/ quad relaxed, flex knee to 30 degrees

Movement: push patella distal and lateral

Question 20

Apley’s Compression Test

Answer 20

Position: prone with knee flexed to 90 degrees

Movement: stabilize thigh and apply vertical compression thru heel while rotating tibia

Question 21

McMurray Test

Answer 21

Position: supine, leg in full flexion, one hand grasping heel/ankle and the other pushing medially on knee

Movement: externally rotate tibia and provide valgus stress, extend knee and return to flexion; repeat with internal rotation of tibia and providing varus stress

Question 22

Thessaly test technique

Answer 22

Position: stand on involved leg with knee flexed 5 degrees, hold clients hands

Movement: internally and externally rotate 3x

Question 23

Neer test technique

Answer 23

Position: seated

Movement: stabilize scapula and passively take UE into full shoulder flexion w/ humerus in internal rotation (palm out)

Question 24

Hawkins-Kennedy Test technique

Answer 24

Position: Seated, should in 90 degrees of flexion, slight horizontal adduction, maximal internal rotation (thumb down)

Movement: stabilize elbow and push down on forearm

Question 25

Empty can test technique

Answer 25

Position: seated, elevate UE to 30-45 degrees in plane of scapula with thumb down

Movement: push down on arm

Question 26

drop arm test technique

Answer 26

Position: sitting or standing

Movement: passively abduct shoulder to 90 degrees, pt should slowly lower arm to waist

Question 27

O’Brien’s test technique

Answer 27

Position: seated with UE in 90 degrees of elevation, 10 degrees of horizontal adduction, maximal pronation (palm out)

Movement: push down on forearm then supinate (palm in ) and push down

Question 28

Yergason’s test technique

Answer 28

Position: seated with shoulder in neutral, elbow flexed to 90 degrees, forearm supinated

Movement: push down so pt resists elbow flexion with supination

Question 29

Straight Leg Raise test technique

Answer 29

Position: supine with hip flexed, knee extended, internally rotated, dorsiflexed ankle

Movement: push bottom of foot toward face

Question 30

crossed straight leg raise test technique

Answer 30

position: supine
movement: raise the uninvolved leg, any pain in opposite leg?

Question 31

Tinel’s test technique

Answer 31

with hand relaxed, firmly tap over flexor retinaculum

Question 32

phalen’s test technique

Answer 32

maximally flexion of wrists so hands are in full contact with each other, hold for 30 sec to 1 min

Question 33

Finkelstein’s test technique

Answer 33

form fist around thumb, ulnarly deviate the wrist