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12 Cards in this Set
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Patrick Test
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- aka FABER test or "figure 4" test
- place the ankle on the contralateral knee and push down on the ipsilateral knee and contralateral ASIS simultaneously to elicit pain in the hip or SI joint |
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Gaenslen Test
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- slide the pelvis to the side of the table so it is only supported to the sacrum
- drop the ipsilateral leg off the edge of the bed while holding the contralateral knee to the chest to stress the SI joint |
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test for rectus femoris tightness
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unavoidable hip flexion upon knee flexion
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McMurray Test
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- patient lying flat (non-weight bearing) and the examiner bending the knee
- A click is felt over a meniscus tear as the knee is brought from full flexion to 90 degrees of flexion |
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Lachman Test
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- Tests for ACL
- Bend the knee to 30 and stabilize the femur with one hand - Place the other hand behind the proximal tibia at the level of the joint - Pull forward and grade the motion |
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apprehension test of the knee
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- sign of unstable kneecap
- While the examiner places pressure on the kneecap, the patient may complain of the sensation that the kneecap is going to 'pop out' |
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patellar ballottement test
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means there is effusion
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patellar compression test
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- this test attempts to correlate anterior knee pain w/ articular degeneration
- you compress the patella down into the trochlear groove as the patient flexes and extends the knee |
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Thompson test
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- patient kneels and squeeze calf
- foot plantarflexes if the Achilles tendon is intact |
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Tibial torsion test
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place ink or chalk on the bottom of the feet and have them walk on paper to evaluate the amount of intoeing
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Homans sign
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painful calf upon passive dorsiflexion of foot in thrombophlebitis
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Hallux Valgus
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- tilting of the toe away from the mid-line of the body
- a bunion |
