SPECIALTESTS

ANKLE
AnteriorDrawer anteriortalofibularligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
TalarTiltcalcaneofibularligamentdeltoidligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
Kleiger deltoidligament
PositiveSignmedialandlateralpain,displacedtalus
ThompsonsTestAchillestendonrupture
PositiveSignnoplantarflexion
SwingTestposteriortibiotalarsubluxation
PositiveSignresistancetonormaldorsiflexion
TinelsSigndeepperonealnerveposteriortibialnerve
PositiveSignnotinglingandparaseizure
MortonsTestMortonsneuroma
PositiveSignpainbetween3rd and4th metatarsals
HomansSign deepveinthrombophlebitis(calf)
PositiveSignpainincalfwithpassivedorsiflexionofankleandknee
extendedpainwithpalpationofcalf

KNEE
LIGAMENTTESTS
Valguslateralcollateralligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
Varusmedialcollateralligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
PosteriorDrawer posteriorcruciateligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
AnteriorDrawer anteriorcruciateligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
Lachmananteriorcruciateligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
Slocum anteriorcruciateligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
Hughston posteriorcruciateligament
PositiveSignpain,laxity
MENISCUSTESTS
ApleyCompressionmeniscuslesion
PositiveSignpain,
ApleyDistractionligamentlesion
PositiveSignpain,
Squat medial(internalrotation)lateral (externalrotation)
PositiveSignpain,
McMurraymedial(varus/internalrotation)lateral(valgus/external
rotation)
PositiveSignpain,
 OTHERTESTS
QAnglepatellatrackingdislocation
Apprehensionpatellardislocation
PositiveSigncontractionofquadricepsmuscles
FemoralGrinding
Waldroncondralmalaysia
PositiveSigngrindingofpatellawhileextendingleg
NobleCompressionTestITband
PositiveSigndecreasedpain
WilsonTest osteochondritisdissecans
PositiveSigndecreasedpain
ThighContusion
HIP
MORETHANONEAREA
StraightLegRaisehipjointpathology(single)SIjointpathology
(bilateral)tighthamstrings
PositiveSign
PatricksTest
PositiveSign
PeriformisSyndromeTestperiformistightness(periformis)sciatica
(buttock)
PositiveSignpaininperiformisorbuttock
SignOfTheButtock lumbar,sciatic,orhamstring(negative)bursitis,
tumor,orabscessinbuttock(positive)
PositiveSignnoincreasedflexion
Trendelenburggluteusmedius
PositiveSignpaininSymphysispubisorSIjoint
FlamingoSymphysispubisorSI
PositiveSignpaininSymphysispubisorSIjoint
GaenslensTestipsilateralSIjointlesionhipL4
PositiveSignpain

SIJOINT
IpsilateralProneKineticTestiliumflexionandrotation
PositiveSignnomovement
PiedallusSignhypomobileSI
PositiveSignlowersidebecomeshigherside
GilletshypomobileSI
PositiveSignaffectedsidemoveslittleorup
HIP
Ober ITbandtightness
PositiveSignlegdoesntdroptothetable,painontrochanter
TrochantericBursitis
PositiveSignpainonpalpation,hipflexionandadductionwhile
weightbearing
IliopsoasBursitisanteriorgroinpain
 PositiveSignpainonhipflexion
Thomasrectusfemoris
PositiveSignextendedlegflexesatknee
CraigsTestinternal/externalrotationofhip
PositiveSign
TorqueTesthipcapsularligamentintegrity
PositiveSign
OTHERS
LegLengthDiscrepancy
Torsion tibialorfemoral(causeofdiscrepancy)
SPINE
CERVICAL
ForaminalCompression(Spurlings)cervicalradiculitis/nerveroot
pressure
PositiveSignpainonsideheadtowardspainonoppositesideis
musclespasm
DistractionTestnerverootpressure
PositiveSigndecreasedpain
UpperLimbTensionTestbrachialplexus
PositiveSignminimalornosymptoms
AdsonManeuver thoracicoutletsyndrome
PositiveSigndisappearanceofpulse
AllenTest
PositiveSigndisappearanceofpulse
HalsteadManeuver
PositiveSigndisappearanceofpulse
ShoulderAbductionTestherniateddisc,epiduralvein,andnerveroot
compression
PositiveSigndecreaseorreliefofsymptoms
ValsalvaTestherniateddiscortumor
PositiveSignincreasedpain
RombergsTestuppermotorneuronlesion
PositiveSignexcessiveswayorlossofbalance
VertebralArteryTest(CervicalQuadrant)vertebralartery
compression
PositiveSigndizzinessandnystagmus
LUMBAR
StraightLegRaisespaceoccupyinglesion
PositiveSignradiatingpainpainonoppositeside(unilateral
raise)
ProneKneeBending L2orL3nerverootlesion(posterior&lumbar)
tightquadorstretchedfemoralnerve(anteriorthigh)
PositiveSignpaininposteriorandlumbarareapaininanterior
thigh
SlumpTestneuromenengealtracttension
PositiveSignkneeextendsfurtherwithreleaseofcervical,
 symptomsdecreaseorincreaseinsymptoms
BrudzinskiKernigTestmenengealirritation
PositiveSignneckandbackdiscomfort
Valsalvaseecervical
PositiveSignincreasedpain
BowstringTestsciaticnervepressureortension
PositiveSignsymptomsreestablished
BabinskiTestuppermotorneuronlesion
PositiveSignextensionofbigtoeandabductionoftheothers
BeevorsSignabdominalmuscledysfunction
PositiveSignumbilicusnotinstraightline
HooverTest
PositiveSignpatientcantliftlegorexaminerfeelsnopressure
fromoppositeleg
SHOULDER
ANTERIORINSTABILITY
LoadandShiftTest
PositiveSignpain,laxity,reproductionofsymptoms
Crank
PositiveSignapprehension,resistancetofurthermotion,feeling
experiencedwhenpreviouslydislocated
Fulcrum
PositiveSignapprehension
AnteriorDrawer
PositiveSignclicking,apprehension
POSTERIORINSTABILITY
LoadandShiftTest
PositiveSignpain,laxity,reproductionofsymptoms
PosteriorApprehensionTest
PositiveSignapprehension,resistancetofurthermotion,
reproductionofsymptoms
PushPullTest
PositiveSignapprehension,greaterthan50%posterior
translation
INFERIORINSTABILITY
SulcusSign
PositiveSignmeasurementacromiontohumeralheadgreater
than1cm
FeaginTest
PositiveSignapprehension
LABRALLESIONS(TEARS)
ClunkTest
PositiveSignclunk,grindingsound
AnteriorSlide
PositiveSignpoppingorcracking,anterosuperiorpain
CompressionRotationTest bankhartorSLAPlesion
 PositiveSignsnappingorcatching
SCAPULARSTABILITY
LateralScapularSlideTest
PositiveSign
ACROMIOCLAVICULARSEPARATION/SPRAIN
AcromioclavicularShearTest
PositiveSignpainorabnormalmovementofACjoint
ScratchandPullTest
PositiveSignpain,apprehension
MUSCLETENDONPATHOLOGY
SpeedsTestbicepstendon
PositiveSignincreasedtendernessinthebicipitalgroove
(tendonitis)profoundweakness(2nd or3rd degreestrain)
YeargasonsTestbicepstendon
PositiveSign tendernessinthebicipitalgroove(maypopout)
EmptyCanTestsupraspinatus
PositiveSignpain,weakness
DropArmTest(Codmans)rotatorcuffcomplextear
PositiveSignunabletoreturnarmstosidesmoothlyorslowly,
severepain
LiftoffSignsubscapularis
PositiveSigninabilitytolifthandawayfromback
IMPINGEMENT
NeerTestsupraspinatusand/orbicepstendonoveruse
PositiveSignpain
HawkinsKennedyTest
PositiveSignpain
ImpingementTest
PositiveSignpaininanteriororposteriorshoulderorbothand
indicatesagradeIIorIIIshoulderlesion
NEUROLOGICALTESTS
BrachialPlexusTensionTeststretchofbrachialplexus
PositiveSignminimalornosymptoms
TinelsSign
PositiveSignnotinglingorparaseizure
THORACICOUTLETSYNDROME
RoosTest
PositiveSign
CostoclavicularSyndromeTest
PositiveSign
WRIST
LIGAMENTS,CAPSULES,ANDJOINTINSTABILITY
LigamentousInstabilityForTheFingerscollateralligaments
PositiveSign
ThumbUlnarCollateralLigamentLaxityorInstabilityTest
PositiveSignvalgus>35
 MurphysSign lunatedislocationlevelof3rd metacarpalhead
PositiveSign
WatsonTest(ScaphoidShift) instabilityofscaphoidandlunatebones
PositiveSignpainonradialdeviation
PianoKeysTest instabilityofdistalradioulnarjoint
PositiveSignmobilityandpainonulnardepression
AxialLoadmetacarpalorcarpalfractureorjointarthrosis
PositiveSign
TENDONSANDMUSCLES
FinkelsteinTest tenosynovitisof abductorpollicislongusandextensor
pollicisbrevistendons
PositiveSignpainoverthetendons
SweaterFingerSigndigitorumprofundustendonrupture
PositiveSigndistalphalanxoffingerwontflex
ExtensorHoodRupture
PositiveSigninabilitytoextendinterphalangealjointwhileDIP
isextending
BunnelLittlerTest tightintrinsicmuscleorcontractureofjointcapsule
PositiveSign
NEUROLOGICALDYSFUNCTION
TinelsSigncarpaltunnelsyndrome
PositiveSign tinglinginmediannerve
PhalansTestcarpaltunnelsyndrome(mediannerve)
PositiveSign tinglinginmediannerve
CarpalCompressionTestcarpaltunnelsyndrome
PositiveSign
FormentsSign ulnarnerveparalysis
PositiveSignflexionofIPjointofthumband/orhyperextension
ofMCPjoint
WebersTwoPointDiscriminationTest(Mobergs)
PositiveSign
CIRCULATIONANDSWELLING
AllenTest
PositiveSign
DigitalBloodFlow
PositiveSignnailbeddoesntreturntonormalcolorwithin3
seconds