Condition Special Tests

Question 1

ACL injury

Answer 1

Anterior drawer (knee flexed then pull lower leg)
Lachmans test (stabilize distal femur other hand posterior proximal tibia and pull up on tibia)

Question 2

PCL injury

Answer 2

Posterior drawer test (knee flexed push on proximal tibia)
Gravity drawer(let flexed knee fall back towards table)

Question 3

MCL injury

Answer 3

Valgus stress test (hold ankle and push knee medially)

Question 4

LCL injury

Answer 4

Varus stress test (hold ankle push knee laterally)

Question 5

Patellar femoral syndrome

Answer 5

Clark’s sign (press down on distal femur and get client to flex knee)

Question 6

Itb friction syndrome

Answer 6

Obers test(extend leg and let it fall off the back of table)
Noble compression test(apply preasure on itb above lateral epicondyle of femur and extend knee)

Question 7

Meniscus damage

Answer 7

Apleys compression test (client prone flex knee and push down on foot)

Question 8

Collateral knee ligament damage

Answer 8

Apleys distraction(prone place knee on thigh and pull ankle)

Question 9

Lateral ankle sprain

Answer 9

Ankle drawer test(place hand on distal tibia and pull up on heel with other hand) talar tilt test(client side lying move clients foot into inversion)

Question 10

Syndesmosis ankle sprain (high ankle sprain)

Answer 10

Squeeze test(starting for mid calf and work distal squeeze tibia and fibula together)

Question 11

Mortons neuroma

Answer 11

Mortons test (squeeze tarsal bones together)

Question 12

Tarsal tunnel

Answer 12

Dorsiflexion eversion test(exactly what the name is)

Question 13

Deep vein thrombosis

Answer 13

Homans sign (passively dorsiflex to lengthen calf muscle)

Question 14

Periostitis (shin splints)

Answer 14

Tibialis posterior compression test (apply preassure along the sides of the tibia)

Question 15

Achilles tendon disorder/rupture

Answer 15

Thompson test(pinch gastroc moving distaly) Achilles pinch test (pinch calcaneal tendon)

Question 16

Plantar fasciatis

Answer 16

Windlass test(dorsiflex big toe)

Question 17

TOS anterior scalene

Answer 17

Allen test(find radial pulse flex elbow with horizontal extension client looks to opposite side) Adsons maneuver (find radial pulse extend arm and turn head toward affected side)

Question 18

TOS costoclavicular

Answer 18

Military brace test(find radial pulse clients shoulder down and back)

Question 19

TOS pec minor

Answer 19

Wright hyper abduction test(find radial pulse bring arm straight up)

Question 20

Herniated nucleus pulposus

Answer 20

Spurlings test(apply preasure to top of head repeat with slight extension and extension rotation do not do if vertebral artery test is positive) cervical distraction, slump test (hands behind back slump over bring leg up then bring chin up)

Question 21

Facet syndrome

Answer 21

Spurlings test cervical distraction don’t do tests while in active state

Question 22

Whiplash associated disorder

Answer 22

Vertebral artery test(extend and rotate hold for 30 seconds) spurling test, adsons test, 3 knuckle tmj, Wright hyper abduction

Question 23

Torticollis acute acquired

Answer 23

Cervical distraction, vertebral artery, spurlings

Question 24

Congenital torticollis

Answer 24

Cervical distraction, vertebral artery, spurlings

Question 25

Spasmodic torticollis

Answer 25

Cervical distraction, vertebral artery, spurlings

Question 26

Hyper kyphosis

Answer 26

T spine overly curved Allen's test spurlings Wright hyperabduction test vertebral artery

Question 27

Hyper lordosis

Answer 27

Thomas test(hold leg fall back onto table if opposite leg sticks out straight positive)obers test straight legs well test piriformis length test overly curved c and l spine

Question 28

Frozen shoulder

Answer 28

Apleys scratch test(try to touch fingers behind back on arm going over and one under) painful arc test(bring arm to full abduction) neers test(passively bring arm into medially rotation and full flexion of gh jt) Hawkins Kennedy impingement test(humerus out to 90 degrees flex elbow and passively medially rotate)

Question 29

Bicipital tendinosis

Answer 29

Speeds test(90 degree shoulder flexion resist therapist pushing down the arm)

Question 30

Rotator cuff tears and tendinitis

Answer 30

Drop arm test(bring arm up and drop it)

Question 31

Shoulder impingement syndrome

Answer 31

Hawkins Kennedy test empty can test(resist horizontal abduction with both arms pronated at wrist) neers test painful arc test

Question 32

Lateral epicondylitis

Answer 32

Mills test(press down distal to lateral epicondyle of humerus and extend)

Question 33

Medial epicondylitis

Answer 33

Medial epicondylitis test(press down proximal to medial epicondyle supinate and extend)

Question 34

Pronator teres syndrome/median nerve compression

Answer 34

Pronator teres test(resist pronation with hand shake) pinch grip test(👌🤏)

Question 35

Cubital tunnel

Answer 35

Elbow flexion test(🤷) fromonts sign(tug of war with paper)

Question 36

Carpal tunnel

Answer 36

Phalens test(wrists together and back of hands) tinels test(tap tap tap)

Question 37

De quervains tenosynovitis (inflamed tendon shieth)

Answer 37

Finkelstiens test (grip thumb with ulnar deviation)

Question 38

piriformis syndrome

Answer 38

piriformis test (side lying knee droping of front of table push down) pace abduction test(resist coxal abduction)

Question 39

SI joint dysfunction

Answer 39

fabers test(figure 4) Gaenslens test(side lying client hold lower knee therapist extends upper coxal) gapping test(push asis apar) gillets test(feel SI joint as client brings up knee)

Question 40

lateral pelvic tilt

Answer 40

lateral pelvic tilt test(check different heights of hips) leg length measure, supine to sit test (hold and watch clients ankles as they do a sit up)

Question 41

ant/post pelvic tilt test

Answer 41

innominate rotation test(one finger on psis one on asis look and difference in height) modified Thomas test(client holds one knee falls back onto table if other leg sticks out instead of relaxes that a positive)

Question 42

tmj dysfunction

Answer 42

3 knuckle tmj test ye ya yo test tmj Arom

Question 43

Straight leg well test

Answer 43

Bring hip to flexion until pain the back off 5 degrees if pain in posterior thigh it's hamstring tightness if pain in lower back it's si dysfunction then dorsi flex and flex neck if pain down effected side it's sciatic problems if in opposite leg is disc herniation if in buttock it's piriformis