Positive Tests For Ankle

Question 1

Positive test for ATFL

Answer 1

Excessive movement or pain suggests a tear or laxity of the ATFL.

Question 2

Positive test for CFL, PTFL and deltoid ligaments. (Talar tilt test)

Answer 2

Pain or excessive movement indicates a possible CFL injury.

Question 3

Positive test for syndismosis (squeeze test)

Answer 3

while the patient reports pain, can indicate a syndesmotic sprain (high ankle sprain).

Question 4

Positive test External Rotation Stress Test (Kleiger’sTest): tests for syndesmosis

Answer 4

Pain or displacement of the ankle mortise suggests a syndesmotic injury.

Question 5

Positive test for Thompsons test (Achilles tendinitis/ rupture)

Answer 5

If the ankle doesn’t plantarflex (point downward), it suggests a possible Achilles tendon rupture.
-tendinitis ( palpating for tenderness, and checking for swelling or redness around the tendon if present it means positive)

Question 6

Positive test for plantar fasciitis

Answer 6

Tenderness is typically found along the plantar fascia, especially at its insertion on the heel bone.

Question 7

Test for plantar fasciitis

Answer 7

-can palpate sole of foot
- or windlass test (drifted big toe extending the metatarsophalangeal joints. Stretches the plantar fascia and can reproduce pain if present). Means positive test.