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Ortho Asess Tests
Orthopedic Assessment Special Tests Complete
| Test name | Evaluates/Indicates |
|---|---|
| Ankle Drawer Test | Lateral ankle sprain |
| Talar tilt test | Lateral ankle sprain |
| Squeeze test | High ankle sprain |
| External rotation stress test | High ankle sprain |
| Morton's test | Morton's neuroma |
| Interdigital Squeeze test | Morton's neuroma |
| Bone percussion (metatarsals) | Stress fracture (metatarsals) |
| Bone percussion test (tibia) | Stress fracture (tibia) |
| Dorsiflexion-eversion test | Tarsal Tunnel test |
| Tinel's sign (of the ankle) | Tarsal Tunnel test |
| Achilles tendon pinch test | Achilles tendon disorder |
| Thompson test | Achilles tendon rupture |
| Tibialis posterior compression test | shin splints |
| Valgus stress test | MCL |
| Varus stress test | LCL |
| Anterior Drawer test | ACL |
| Lachman test & variation | ACL |
| Posterior draw | PCL |
| SAG and/or gravity drawer | PCL |
| Modified Ober's test | IT band friction syndrome |
| Noble compression test | IT band friction syndrome |
| Apley's Compress/distraction test | Meniscus |
| SI compression | SI |
| FABER test | SI |
| Geanslen's | SI |
| Gapping (pelvic distraction) | SI |
| Innominate rotation | ASIS PSIS |
| Modified Thomas test | Psoas length |
| Lateral pelvic tilt test | Iliac Crest |
| Supine to sit test | QL |
| Leg length measurement | Structural Leg Length |
| Pace abduction test | Piriformis |
| Piriformis test | Piriformis (Supine) |
| Straight Leg Raise (SLR) | Herniated Disc |
| Slump Test (4 parts) | (N. Root Comp.) |
| Prone Knee Bend | Upper L. Disc |
| Bowstring Test | DD Disc -vs- Ham |
| Adson's | TOS (A&M scalenes) |
| Military brace | TOS (costoclavicular) |
| Wright's | TOS (pectoralis minor) |
| Spurling test | Herniated disc |
| Cervical distraction (sitting) | Relief of nerve root compression |
| Slump test | Nerve roots |
| Apley's scratch test | Shoulder ROM |
| Drop arm test | Supraspinatus lesion |
| Hawkin's Kennedy | Shoulder Impingement |
| Empty can test | Shoulder impingement |
| Neer's test | Shoulder impingement |
| Speed's test | Bicipital tendinitis |
| Cross over test | Shoulder separation |
| Tennis elbow test | Lateral Epicondylitis |
| Golfers elbow test | Medial Epicondylitis |
| Elbow flexion test | Ulnar nerve |
| Froment's sign | Ulnar nerve |
| Pronator teres test | Median nerve impingement |
| Phalen's | Carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Tinel's sign | Carpel and Cubital tunnel syndrome |
| Finkelstein's test | De Quervain's tenosynovitis |
| Homan's test | Deep vein thrombosis |
| Deltoid Ligament test | Medial ankle sprain |
| Patella mobility/tracking test | |
| Scour test | Hip joint pathologies |
| Trendelenberg's sign | Glute med. S1 nerve root |
| Kemp's Test | Facet Syndrome |
| Tethered nerve stress test | Carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Valgus stress test | Medial collateral ligament |
| Varus stress test | Lateral collateral ligament |
| Eden's | TOS (costoclavicular) |
| Crank test | Labrum tear |
| Yergason's test | Transverse humoral ligament test |
| Cervical compression (sitting) | Nerve root compression |
| Valsalva manoeuvre (sitting) | Space occupying lesion |