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2. Apley grind test - Wikipedia

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   In order to perform the test, the patient lies prone (face-down) on an examination table and flexes their knee to a ninety degree angle. The examiner then places his or her own knee across the posterior aspect of the patient's thigh. The tibia is then compressed onto the knee joint while being externally rotated. If this maneuver produces pain ...

3. Knee examination - Wikipedia

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   In Apley compression test, the person lie down in prone position with the knee flexed at 90 degrees. One hand is used to stabilise the hip and another hand grasp the foot and apply a downward compression force while external and internal rotates the leg. Pain during compression indicates meniscal tear.

4. Meniscus tear - Wikipedia

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   Similar tests are the Steinmann test (with the patient sitting) and the Apley grind test (a grinding maneuver while the person lies prone and the knee is bent 90°) and the Thessaly test (flexing the affected knee to 20 degrees, pivoting on the knee to see if the pain is reproduced). Bending the knee (into hyperflexion if tolerable), and ...

5. Swollen, Achey Knees? Those Are Tell-Tale Symptoms of Knee ...

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   Knee arthritis specifically deals with the damage of cartilage in the knee joint area, meaning, when the knee is in use—bending down, walking, turning—bone meets bone and causes excruciating pain.

6. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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   tests for presence of palmar ulnar-radial anastomosis (palmar arch) Apgar score: Virginia Apgar: obstetrics, pediatrics: assess health of newborn Apley grind test: Alan Graham Apley: orthopaedic surgery: meniscal lesions: manoeuvres to elicit knee pain Argyll Robertson pupils: Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson: neurology: neurosyphilis [2]

7. Clarke's test - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, Clarke's test (also known as the Osmond-Clarke test or patellar grind test) is a component of knee examination which may be used to test for patellofemoral pain syndrome, chondromalacia patellae, patellofemoral arthritis, or anterior knee pain. It is not a standard part of the knee examination but is used to diagnose anterior knee ...