TESTS

• Anterior Draw at the ankle

  Test to check the integrity of the ATFL
• Thompson's Test


  Test to detect the presence of a complete Achilles Rupture
• Tinel's Test

  Test to detect issues within the nerves
• Peroneal Subluxation Test

  Test to detect subluxation/dislocation of the peroneus brevis and longus tendons as they travel behind the lateral malleolus
• Squeeze Test

  Test for ankle syndesmosis injury
• Positive Lachman's Test

  Increased anterior movement and a change in end feel suggests an ACL injury
• Posterior Sag Test


  Test the integrity of the PCL
• McMurray Test

  Elicit pain and/or apprehension resulting from a meniscal injury or pathology
• Thessaly Test

  Elicit pain and/or apprehension resulting from injury or pathology to medial and lateral menisci
• Lever Sign/Lellis Test


  Diagnose an acute or chronic, partial or complete ACL tear
• Slocum AMRI Test

  Detect rotatory instability of the knee
• Slocum ALRI Test

  Detect anterolateral rotatory instability of the knee joint
• Dial Test

  Access for PLRI (Posterolateral Knee Instability) at 30 degrees, and PCL at 90 degrees
• Trendelenburg Test

  Test for gluteal tendinopathy
• Thomas Test

  Test for muscle tightness of iliacus, psoas, rectus femoris and TFL
• Modified Ober's Test


  Assess gluteus medius/minimus, TFL and ITB extensibility
• Sign of the Buttock


  Test for serious lesion in buttock or hip region (fracture, neoplasm or infection)
• FABER Test

  Test for articular pathology (labral, early OA), stress sacroiliac joint, iliopsoas tendon and lumbar spine
• Scour Test


  Detect articular pathology (labrum, early OA, FAI, capsulitis)
• McCarthy Test

  Detect articular pathology (FAIS, labral, early OA), reproduce pain and clicking
• Active SLR/Mens' Test


  Test for intra-articular hip pain (labral tear, early OA) and more serious causes of pain
• Speed's Test

  Identify biceps tendon pathology in bicipital groove and unstable SLAP lesion
• Empty/Full Can Test

  Detect weakness in supraspinatus (cuff tear or neurogenic) and tendinopathy
• Positive Empty/Full Can Test

  Reproduction of patient's pain, without weakness points to supraspinatus impingement
• SLAP legion


  Bicep/labral complex injury
• Deeper seated pain


  May indicate towards bicep/labral complex injury
• Empty/Full Can test


  To detect weakness in the supraspinatus (cuff tear or neurogenic) and tendinopathy
• External Rotation lag sign

  To detect significant weaknesses to the infraspinatus (cuff tear ?)
• Lift Off Sign


  To test for partial or complete tear of Subscapularis
• Hawkins- Kennedy


  To identify Subacromial Impingement
• Crank test


  To detect unstable SLAP legion
• Apprehension relocation test


  To detect anterior instability of the glenohumeral joint
• Load and Shift


  To detect anterior and posterior instability of the glenohumeral joint
• Tinel's


  To test for the compression of the neuropathy ulnar nerve (cubital tunnel syndrome)
• Pressure Provocation

  To test for compression of the neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow
• Golfers Elbow

  To test for contractile lesion of the wrist extensors, mostly involving the common flexor origin (CFO)
• Mills

  To provoke pain in the common extensor structures (tennis elbow)
• Posterolateral rotary drawer test

  To test for PLRI of the elbow, and the integrity of the lateral collateral ligament
• Phalen's Test

  To increase pressure on the medial nerve and test for carpal tunnel syndrome
• Piano Key Test

  To detect the presence of instability at the distal radio-ulnar joint (DRUJ)