The Knee Test

Question 1

Valgus test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 1

Medial collateral ligament disruption

Increased laxity, soft or absent endpoint, pain

Question 2

Varus test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 2

Lateral collateral ligament disruption

Increased laxity, soft or absent endpoint, pain

Question 3

Anterior drawer test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 3

ACL insufficiency (injury/tear)
Excessive translation

Question 4

Lachman’s test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 4

ACL insufficiency (injury/tear)
increased laxity, soft or absent endpoint

Question 5

Posterior Drawer test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 5

PCL insufficiency, posterior capsular injury or disruption

Excessive translation

Question 6

McMurray’s Test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 6

possible lateral or medial meniscus tear

Pain or palpable click during extension

Question 7

Apley’s Grind Test -Compression test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 7

Possible meniscal injury, collateral ligament injury, or both
Pain with rotation and/or compression

Question 8

Apley’s grind test - distraction
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 8

Possible meniscus injury
Relief or pain with distraction and rotation

Possible collateral ligament damage
Pain with distraction and rotation

Question 9

Patella-Femoral Grinding test
indicates:
(+) test:

Answer 9

Roughness of articulating surfaces (i.e. chondromalacia)

Creptius or pain