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The McMurray test is a series of knee and leg movements healthcare providers use to diagnose a torn meniscus. It’s an in-office physical exam, which means your provider can perform it without any special equipment or a separate appointment.
McMurray's test is used to determine the presence of a meniscal tear within the knee. Technique. Patient Position: Supine lying with knee completely flexed. Therapist Position: on the side to be tested. Proximal Hand: holds the knee and palpates the joint line, thumb on one side and fingers on the other.
In our study, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy for medial joint line tenderness in diagnosing medial meniscus tear were 50%, 61.7%, 51.8%, 60% and 56.45% respectively. The meniscus itself is without nerve fibers except at its periphery.
This Technique Peek Series video features Stephen Vitale, DPT, FAAOMPT, OMT, demonstrating how to do a McMurray's Test used to assess for meniscal tears. Ste...
28 Μαΐ 2024 · Developed in the early 20th century, McMurray’s test involves a series of maneuvers designed to provoke symptoms indicative of a meniscal tear. With the patient in a supine position, the...
30 Οκτ 2024 · McMurray's test flex the knee and place a hand on medial side of knee, externally rotate the leg and bring the knee into extension. a palpable pop / click + pain is a positive test and can correlate with a medial meniscus tear.
McMurray (Figure 1) and Apley tests (Figure 2) are often positive, although these are specific but not sensitive – specificity being 57–98% and 80–99%, and sensitivity being 10–66% and 16–58% respectively. 2,9 The most useful clinical test for meniscal injury is the Thessaly test, which is demonstrated in Figure 3.
