Patellar Apprehension Test
- Patellar Apprehension Test is used to test whether the patella is likely to dislocate laterally
- Patient is supine with their affected knee extended
- Examiner uses a slow and moderate pressure against the medial aspect of the patella moving it in a lateral direction
- Examiner observes patient’s reaction
- POSITIVE SIGN: Patient expresses apprehension and/ or might try to move their affected knee away from the pressure
- Sensitivity: 100 %
- Specificity: 88 %
- Orthobullets
- Research Gate
- Millers Review of Orthopaedics -7E Book
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