The Femoral Nerve Tension Test, also called the Femoral Nerve Stretch Test, Prone Knee Bend Test or Reverse Lasègue Test, is a neurodynamic assessment used to assess whether hip extension and knee flexion reproduce familiar anterior thigh or upper lumbar radicular-type symptoms. A positive test may ...

The FAIR Test places the hip into flexion, adduction and internal rotation to assess whether the position reproduces familiar buttock, posterior hip or sciatic-type symptoms. A positive test may support suspicion of piriformis-region or deep gluteal involvement when it matches the client’s history, ...

The Craig Test, also called the Ryder Test or Trochanteric Prominence Angle Test, is a clinical method used to estimate femoral anteversion by palpating the greater trochanter during prone hip rotation. It can provide useful context for hip rotation, gait, squat mechanics, in-toeing, out-toeing and ...

The Bowstring Sign, also called the Bowstring Test, Cram Test or popliteal pressure sign, is a neurodynamic assessment commonly used after a straight leg raise position. The examiner partially flexes the knee to reduce posterior thigh tension, then applies pressure in the popliteal fossa to assess w...

The FADIR Test, also called the FADDIR Test or anterior hip impingement test, is a hip pain provocation test performed by moving the hip into flexion, adduction and internal rotation. A positive test occurs when the movement reproduces the client’s familiar anterior hip or groin symptoms. The test i...

The Adductor Squeeze Test is a hip and groin assessment used to provoke adductor-related groin symptoms and, when paired with a sphygmomanometer, dynamometer or force device, monitor hip adductor squeeze strength. A positive test may increase suspicion of adductor-related groin pain when it reproduc...

The Wilson Test is a knee orthopaedic test commonly associated with osteochondritis dissecans of the medial femoral condyle. A positive result may involve familiar knee pain during extension with tibial internal rotation that reduces when the tibia is externally rotated. The test may support assessm...

The Steinmann Test is a knee orthopaedic test used to assess whether tibial rotation reproduces joint-line pain that may be associated with meniscal irritation or meniscal injury. A positive result may increase suspicion of meniscal involvement when it matches the client’s history and other findings...

The Sweep Test, also known as the stroke test or bulge sign, assesses small to moderate knee effusion by moving fluid within the suprapatellar and parapatellar regions. A positive result may indicate increased intra-articular knee fluid, but it does not identify the cause of swelling on its own.

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The Renné Test is a weight-bearing lateral knee pain provocation test commonly associated with iliotibial band syndrome. A positive result may increase suspicion that lateral knee pain is related to iliotibial band loading, especially when it reproduces the client’s familiar running or cycling sympt...

The Thessaly Test is a weight-bearing rotational knee test used to assess whether twisting on a slightly flexed knee reproduces familiar joint-line symptoms that may be associated with meniscal involvement. A positive result may increase suspicion of meniscal irritation or tear when it matches the c...

The Slocum Test is a modified anterior drawer-style test used to assess anterolateral or anteromedial rotatory knee instability by changing tibial rotation. A positive result may suggest rotational laxity or increased anterior translation compared with the other side, but it does not confirm a speci...