II. Indications
- Assessment Knee OCD (Osteochondritis Dissecans) of medial femoral condyle
III. Technique
- Patient seated or lying with leg over edge of the table
- Examiner positions knee in 90 degrees flexion
- Examiner grasps foot and internally rotates tibia
- Patient slowly extends knee until pain or fully extended
IV. Interpretation: Positive for Knee OCD
- Pain worse on knee extension to approximately 30 degrees from full extension (150 degrees)
- Pain relieved with external rotation of tibia (back from internal rotation to neutral position)
V. Resources
- Wilson's Test (Physiopedia)
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Related Studies
| Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
| SnomedCT | 82992005 |
| English | Wilson sign, Wilson's sign, Wilson's sign (finding) |
| Spanish | signo de Wilson (hallazgo), signo de Wilson |
