Ankle Physical Exam

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Inspection Anterior Inspection Posterior Range of Motion Squeze Test External Rotation Test	Ankle Circumduction Test Anterior drawer Test Hyperdorsiflexion sign O'Brien Needle Test Thompson's Test Malleolar percussion Test
	Inspection Anterior
	Inspection Posterior
	Range of Motion
	Squeeze Test: indicates syndesmotic injury.
	External Rotation Test
	Thompson's Test = squeeze calf muscle with pt prone, feet extended off end of table. The foot plantar flexes if tendon is intact. No foot movement = ruptured Achilles. (Thompson TC, J Trauma 1962:2:126)
	O'Brien Needle Test = 25-gauge needle inserted must medial to the midline 10cm proximal to the superior border of the calcaneous. Foot is passively dorsi/plantar flexed. Needle movement in the opposite direction of the foot indicates the tendon is intact. No movement = postive test = Achilles tendon completely ruptured. Positive Thompson test with negative O'Brien test indicates parital rupture of the musculotendinous junction of theGastrocnemius. (O'Brien T, JBJS 1984;66A:1099).
	Hyperdosiflexion Sign = with patient prone and both knee flexed 90º, maximal passive dorsiflexion demonstrates increased dorsiflexion in patients with ruptured Achilles Tendon.
	Anterior Drawer Test: Anterior force is applied to the ankle with the joint in 10 degrees of plantar flexion. Patient should be sitting with knees flexed over the edge of the table. Positive test (8-10mm of tanslation) indicates anterior talofibular ligament rupture; possible calcaneofibular ligament injury.
	Ankle Circumduction test: Indicates Peroneal tendon instability.
	Malleolar percussion Test: Indicates medial or lateral malleolus ankle fracture.
	Lateral talar tilt test angle measurement greater than 15 degrees indicates rupture of both anterior talofibular ligament and calcaneofibular ligaments.
	Silfverskiöld test <5° of dorsiflexion with the knee extended that improved to >10° with the knee flexed indicates isolated gastrocnemius contracture Silfverskiold N. Reduction of the uncrossed two-joints muscles of the leg to one-joint muscles in spastic conditions. Acta Chir Scand. 1924;1924(56):315-30.