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Knee Special Tests (Positive test)
Examination III Exam I UCDPT
30
Science
Graduate
05/03/2010

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Term
Valgus (abduction) Test
Definition
Excessive movement
Grade I = 5mm
Grade II = 10mm
Grade III >10mm
Term
Varus (adduction) Test
Definition
Excessive movement
Grade I = 5mm
Grade II = 8mm
Grade III >8mm
Term
Lachman's Test
Definition
Mushy or soft end feel (increased ant translation with IR of the tibia)
Grade I = 3-6mm
Grade II = 6-9mm
Grade III = 10-16mm
Grade IV = 16-20mm
Term
Anterior Drawer
Definition
Excessive movement (more than 6mm)
Term
Posterior Drawer
Definition
Excessive movement (more than 6mm)
Term
Posterior Sag Sign
Definition
If tibia drops back on femur because of gravity
Term
Godfrey Test
Definition
If tibia drops back
Term
External Rotation Recurvatrum
Definition
Affected knee goes into relative hyperextension on lateral aspect with tibia & tibial tuberosity rotating laterally
Term
Slocum IR 30˚
Definition
Movement occurs primarily on lateral side of knee
Term
Slocum ER 15˚
Definition
Movement occurs primarily on the medial side of the knee
Term
Hughston's Posterior Medial
Definition
Tibia rotates posteriorly excessively
Term
Apley's Test
Definition
Menicus - pain with compression and decreased pain with distraction
Ligamentous - pain with rotation and distraction
Term
McMurray Test
Definition
Snap accompanied by pain
Term
Hughston's Plica Test
Definition
PT feels popping under fingers
Term
Mediopatellar Plica Test
Definition
Pt complains of pain or click
Term
Plica Stutter Test
Definition
Patella "stutters" somewhere between 60˚ and 45˚ of flexion
Term
Clarke's Sign/Patellar Grind Test
Definition
Retropatellar pain and cannot hold contraction
Term
McConnel Test for Chrondromalacia Patellae
Definition
Pain decreases with medial glide of patella
Term
Waldron Test
Definition
Pain and crepitus occur together during movement
Term
Passive Patellar Tilt
Definition
Angle <15˚
Term
Step Up-Step Down Test
Definition
Inability to do test
Pain and crepitus (for step down)
Term
Noble Compression Test
Definition
Pain at about 30˚ of flexion (same pain as activity)
Term
Renne Test
Definition
Pain at about 30˚ of flexion (same pain as activity)
Term
Q Angle
Definition
>18˚ = chrondromalacia patellae, increased anteversion, genu valgum, lateral displacement

<13˚ = patella alta, chrondromalacia patellae
Term
Fairbanks Apprehension Test
Definition
Apprehension and quad contraction
Term
Patellar Tap/Ballotable Patellar Test
Definition
Floating of the patella felt or "dancing patella"
Term
Fluctuation Test
Definition
PT feels synovial fluid fluctuate under hands
Term
Peripatellar Swelling Test
Definition
Palpable fluid wave
Term
Brush Test
Definition
Wave of fluid to medial side of joint, bulging just below the medial distal portion
Term
Joint Line Tenderness
Definition
Provocation/reproduction of pain
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