Athletic Injuries Exam 2 - Special Tests

Front 1

Foot and Lower Leg Tests:

Back 1

1. Compression Test
2. Tap (Bump) Test
3. Percussion Test
4. Lever Test
5. Distraction Test
6. Distraction of Longitudinal Arch

Front 2

Ankle Tests:

Back 2

1. Anterior Drawer Test
2. Talar Tilt Test
3. External Rotation Test
4. Squeeze Test
5. Thompson Test

Front 3

Knee Tests:

Back 3

Anything that is not a
1. Foot and Lower Leg Test
2. Ankle Test
3. Thigh and Hip Test

Front 4

Thigh and Hip Tests:

Back 4

1. Kendall Test
2. Thomas Test
3. Patrick (FABER) Test
4. Renne's Test
5. Trendelenburg's Test
6. Piriformis Test:

Front 5

Compression Test:

Back 5

*Fracture

Front 6

Tap (Bump) Test:

Back 6

*Fracture

Front 7

Percussion Test:

Back 7

*Fracture

Front 8

Lever Test:

Back 8

*Fracture

Front 9

Distraction Test:

Back 9

*Integrity of MTP joint

Front 10

Distraction of Longitudinal Arch Test:

Back 10

*Arch strain

Front 11

Anterior Drawer Test:

Back 11

*ATFL tear

Front 12

Talar Tilt Test:

Back 12

*excessive movement of the talus in the talocrural joint (inversion tests CFL, eversion tests deltoid)

Front 13

External Rotation Test:

Back 13

*Syndesmosis ankle sprain; deltoid

Front 14

Squeeze Test:

Back 14

*Syndesmosis ankle sprain

Front 15

Thompson Test:

Back 15

*Achilles tendon rupture

Front 16

Valgus Stress Test:

Back 16

*MCL

Front 17

Varus Stress Test:

Back 17

*LCL

Front 18

Anterior Drawer Test with foot pointing straight:

Back 18

*ACL only

Front 19

Anterior Drawer Test with leg IR 20 degrees:

Back 19

*ACL; posterolateral capsule

Front 20

Anterior Drawer Test with leg ER 15 degrees:

Back 20

*ACL; posteromedial capsule

Front 21

Lachman Test:

Back 21

*ACL & PCL

Front 22

Pivot Shift Test:

Back 22

*ACL

Front 23

Posterior Drawer Test:

Back 23

*PCL

Front 24

Gravity (sag) test:

Back 24

*PCL

Front 25

Godfrey Test:

Back 25

*PCL

Front 26

McMurray's Test:

Back 26

*Meniscal tears

Front 27

Apley's Compression Test:

Back 27

*Meniscal tears

Front 28

Apley's Distraction Test:

Back 28

*distinguishes collateral ligamentous tears from capsular and meniscal tears

Front 29

Apprehension Test:

Back 29

*Patellar subluxation/dislocation

Front 30

Patella Compression Test:

Back 30

*chondromalacia

Front 31

Patella Grinding Test:

Back 31

*Patellar tendinitis or chondromalacia

Front 32

Ballotable Patella Test:

Back 32

*Swelling of the knee

Front 33

Ober's Test:

Back 33

* IT band

Front 34

Nobel's Test:

Back 34

* IT band

Front 35

Kendall Test:
&
Thomas Test:

Back 35

*hip flexion contracture (iliopsoas; rectus femoris)

Front 36

Patrick (FABER) Test:

Back 36

*SI joint

Front 37

Renne's Test:

Back 37

*TFL tightness

Front 38

Trendelenburg's Test:

Back 38

*gluteus medius weakness

Front 39

Piriformis Test:

Back 39

*tightness of piriformis