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KNEE; ACL injury
-patient lies supine with knees bent and examiner sits on both feet and places thumbs on tibial plateaus of involved knee
-examiner applies anterior pressure (pulls towards them)
positive: laxity |
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KNEE; PCL injury
-patient lies supine with knees bent and examiner sits on both feet and places thumbs on tibial plateaus of involved knee
-examiner applies posterior pressure (pushes away from them)
positive: laxity |
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KNEE; medial and lateral meniscus
-patient lies supine with involved knee fully flexed while examiner palpates the medial tibio-fibular joint and holds the sole of foot with other hand
-examiner begins to extend and externally rotate the tibia and applying a valgus stress.
-to test the lateral meniscus, the examiner palpates the lateral tibio-fibular joint, extending the knee and internally rotating it while applying a varus stress
positive: pain or hearing a "click" |
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KNEE; medial and lateral meniscus
-patient stands on one leg with the help of the examiner for balance
-patient flexes knee and rotates femur on tibia 3 times, internally and externally
positive: pain at joint line or joint locking or catching |
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| Apley's Distraction/Compression Test |
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KNEE; mensicus tear
-patient lies prone with knee flexed to 90
-examiner puts
-examiner applies pressure down the knee while internally and externally rotating (compression)
-examiner pulls up and internally and externally rotates (distraction)
positive: pain or catching |
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KNEE; intracapsular swelling
-patient lies supine with extended and relaxed legs
-examiner "brushes" medial side pushing fluid to lateral side
-examiner then strokes lateral side to see fluid transfer back
positive: fluid returns to medial side |
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KNEE; chondromalacia patella
-patient lies supine with knee bent at 30
-examiner places webbing of hand superior of patella and applies downward |
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KNEE; PCL tear
-patient lies supine with knees bent
-examiner compares both legs for sagging
positive: one knee sags |
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KNEE; ACL injury
-patient lies supine and examiner bends knee at a 20 placing one hand above knee to stabilize and the other below the knee
-examiner pulls and displaces the tibia from the femur
positive: laxity |
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KNEE; plica injury
-patient sits at edge of table and examines palpates patella
-patient extends leg while examine watches patellar movement
positive: pain, stuttering |
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KNEE;
-patient lies supine and examiner pushes fluid to the patella
-while pushing, examine pushes floating patella
positive: patella bounces |
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KNEE; MCL injury, ACL/PCL injury
positive: pain and laxity |
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