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APLEYS COMPRESSION TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2017-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

A test for a meniscal lesion (usually a tear): with the patient lying prone and the knee flexed to 90 degrees, the examiner places downward compression internally and externally on the foot while rotating the tibia on the femur. Pain elicited during this maneuver suggests a meniscal lesion.

OBS

Definition from HOPPS, 1976, p. 191 and KERHE, 1985, p. 386.

Key term(s)
  • Apley manoeuvre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
OBS

«Apley» s'écrit avec un seul «p», contrairement à ce que l'on trouve dans la littérature française.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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