Knee Joint Pain Tests!!!

1. KNEE JOINT

2. SPECIAL TESTS
• Patellar GrindingPATELLA
• Anterior Drawer TestACL
• Posterior Drawer TestPCL
• Valgus Stress TestMCL
• Varus Stress TestLCL
• Apley’s Grinding
• McMurray’s TestMENISCUS

3. PATELLAR
GRINDING
TEST
Compression of patella
against the femur by
‘cupping’ the knee.

4. ANTERIOR
DRAWER
TEST
Patient supine with
knee bent 90°. Examiner
stabilizes foot with hip
and places thumbs over
the anterior knee joint
line and pulls the tibia
anteriorly.

5. POSTERIOR
DRAWER
TEST
Patient supine with
knee bent 90°. Examiner
places thumbs over the
anterolateral
and anteromedial knee
joint line. Examiner
pushes the tibia
posteriorly.

6. VALGUS
STRESS TEST
Patient supine with legs
straight. Examiner
stabilizes medial ankle
& applies a lateral to
medial (valgus) force at
the knee. Procedure is
then repeated with the
knee slightly flexed (-
25°)

7. VARUS
STRESS TEST
Patient supine with legs
straight. Examiner
stabilizes lateral ankle
and applies a medial to
lateral (varus) force at
the knee. Procedure is
then repeated with the
knee slightly flexed
(25°).

8. APLEY’S
GRINDING
TEST
Patient prone with knee
flexed 90°. Examiner
applies downward force
on the foot and rotates
internally/externally.

9. MCMURRAY’S
TEST
Patient supine or side-lying with
hip flexed at 90° & knee flexed
90°. Examiner stabilizes
patient’s knee over distal
quadriceps muscles and grips
patient’s heel with the other hand
and applies long axis
compression. Examiner then
rotates the tibia internally while
applying a varus force.
Examiner then rotates the tibia
laterally while applying a
valgus force.