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• Cozen test . Answer: lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
• McMurray Test- passive . Answer: + pain, popping, locking, pain
suggest meniscal tear
• Thessaly test . Answer: +pain, popping, locking, pain suggest meniscal
tear
• Apley Test . Answer: focal pain suggest meniscal tear
• Valgus Test (knee) . Answer: MCL injury
• Varus Test (knee) . Answer: LCL injury
• Neer test . Answer: Impingement Syndrome
- Flex shoulder (lift arm up)
- Positive: Pain
, • Active painful arc . Answer: Impingement Syndrome; + pain > 90
degrees
• Drop Arm Test . Answer: Full thickness Rotator Cuff Tear
• Pivot shift test . Answer: ACL injury
• Anterior Drawer Test . Answer: ACL injury
• Posterior Sag Sign . Answer: PCL
• Posterior Drawer Sign . Answer: PCL
• Abduction of arm to 180 degrees . Answer: Neer Test (Passive painful
arc manevuer)
• Active Painful Arc test for . Answer: Impingement syndrome
(supraspinatus)
• examiner moves arm overhead while applying pressure to prevent
shrug . Answer: Active Painful Arc Test
• Hawkins Kennedy Test . Answer: Rotator cuff impingement