McMurray test

McMurray test
(for torn meniscus) the patient lies supine with knee fully flexed and foot flat on the table near the buttocks. The examiner stabilizes the flexion with the thumb and index finger, then holds the heel with the other hand, rotates the patient's foot fully outward, and slowly extends the knee to a 90° angle; a palpable or audible “click,” grinding, pain, or limitation of extension indicates a tear of the medial meniscus of the knee joint. The lateral meniscus is tested by repeating the maneuver but rotating the foot inward.

McMurray test being used to detect a torn lateral meniscus.


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