II. Indication
- High Ankle Sprain evaluation
III. Technique
- Patient dorsiflexes foot
- Examiner squeezes tibia and fibula together
IV. Interpretation
- Positive test
- Pain over space between tibia and fibula
- Suggests Tibiofibular Syndesmosis injury
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| Concepts | Diagnostic Procedure (T060) |
| SnomedCT | 86215004 |
| English | thompson's test, simmonds test, squeeze test, Thompson's test (procedure), Squeeze test, Thompson's squeeze test, Simmonds' test, Thompson's test |
| Spanish | prueba de Thompson, prueba de compresión de Thompson, prueba de Simmonds, prueba de Thompson (procedimiento) |
