Test de Lachman 🔴 Structures / Pathologies ciblées : Rupture du Ligament Croisé Antérieur (LCA) 🔴 Procédure : Le patient est allongé sur le dos. Le genou testé est fléchi à 20° de flexion, le talon reposant sur la table. La main crâniale du thérapeute maintient le tiers distal du fémur. La main caudale du thérapeute empaume le tibia, le pouce placé sur la tubérosité tibiale antérieure, et effectue une traction antérieure. 🔴 Interprétation : Le test est considéré comme positif si : Le déplacem

ANTERIOR DRAWER TEST FOR ACL TEARS Next to the Lachman test, the Anterior Drawer Test is the most common test that is performed in order to assess ACL tears. While this test is a very accurate test in the chronic ACL deficient knee with a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 91%, it is not so great in an acute injury with 55% sensitivity and 92% specificity. In an acute situation there is often protective muscle spams by the hamstrings. Additionally, as soon as swelling has started, flexion t

LELLI TEST OR LEVER SIGN FOR ACL TEARS Let's move on and focus on ACL tears in the next couple of days! The accuracy of the Lelli Test has been long debated after the "to-good-to-be-true" results from the study of Lelli et al. himself. However,Jarbo et al. (2017) have evaluated the Lelli Test, also known as Lever Sign, in 102 patients with acute knee pain within 4 weeks of their injury. The test was performed awake and under anesthesia next to the Lachman test, Anterior Drawer Test and Pivot Shi