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8 Cards in this Set
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“gapping” = + sign for possible anterior or posterior talofibular lig tear
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Anterior/posterior drawer test
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Dorsiflexion test
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(eversion test—same as medial stability test)
Foot everted = increased degree of inversion or pain = indicates tear in deltoid lig |
Forefoot adduction test
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Pain indicates possible DVT
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Homan’s sign (DVT test)
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lateral = invert foot to assess for lateral ligs—”gapping” (ant talofibular and/or calcaneofibular ligs)
Medial = evert foot to assess for medial ligs—”gapping” [deltoid lig (post tibiofibular/tibiocalcaneal/ant tibiotalar /tibionavicular ligs)] |
Lateral/medial stability tests
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(roughly same as Lateral stability test)
Pt sits edge of table, foot inverted + in increased inversion and/or pain (tear of ant talofibular and calcaneofibular ligs) |
Talor (talus) tilt test
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Pt prone with knee flexed (contracts gastroc/soleus mm—Achilles tendon)
NO plantar flex of foot is + sign = rupture of Achilles |
Thompson's (squeeze) test
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Tibial torsion test
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