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Apley's Compression Test
Aka: Apley's Compression Test, Apley's Distraction Test, Apley's Grind Test
- Indication
- Evaluation for knee Meniscus Injury
- Technique
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- Patient position
- Patient lies prone on examining table
- Testing leg flexed to 90 degrees
- Compression Test
- Lean on patient's foot, applying pressure to heel
- Compresses tibia into femur
- Rotate tibia internally and externally on femur
- Distraction Test
- Kneel gently on back of patient's thigh to stabilize
- Apply traction to leg pulling tibia from femur
- Rotate tibia internally and externally
- Interpretation
- Positive Compression Test suggests Meniscal Injury
- Pain with compression test (not with distraction)
- Positive Distraction Test suggests ligament injury
- Knee Pain with compression and distraction test