MSK II: Special Test Names & Purpose

name, purpose

craig’s test, femoral torsion

name, purpose,

resisted external derotation, GTPS

name, purpose

FABER or patrick’s or figure four, GTPS, hip OA, or intra-articular hip pathology

name, purpose

thomas test, iliopsoas and rectus fem length, labral tear

name, purpose

ober’s test, ITB tightness

name, purpose

dial test, hip capsular laxity

name, purpose

log roll test, iliofemoral laxity or labral tear

name, purpose

mcmurray’s, meniscal tear

name, purpose

lachman’s, ACL tear

name, purpose

anterior drawer test, ACL tear

name, purpose

pivot shift test, ACL tear

name, purpose

posterior sag sign or godfrey’s test, PCL tear

name, purpose

posterior drawer test, PCL tear

name, purpose

valgus stress test, MCL tear

name, purpose

varus stress test, LCL tear

name, purpose

Q angle measurement, PFPS

name, purpose

patellar tilt test, PFJ instability

name, purpose

patellar apprehension test, PFJ instability

name, purpose

royal london hospital test, achilles tendinopathy

name, purpose

thompson or calf squeeze test, achilles tendon rupture

name, purpose

matles test, achilles tendon rupture

name, purpose

ER and DF-ER test, high ankle sprain

name, purpose

fibular translation test, high ankle sprain

name, purpose

syndesmotic squeeze test, high ankle sprain

name, purpose

forced DF test, ankle impingement

name, purpose

DF-Eversion test, tarsal tunnel syndrome

name, purpose

morton’s or foot squeeze test, forefoot nerve entrapment