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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The drawer test is performed with the hip flexed to 45 degrees and the knee to 90 degrees. To stabilize the knee, the examiner either sits on the foot while grasping the posterior calf with both hands or supports the lower leg between his lateral chest wall and forearm. The anterior drawer test is performed by pulling the tibia forward. This maneuver has been said to test whether the anterior cruciate ligament is intact. ... A posterior drawer test in a chronically unstable knee suggest that damage has occurred to the posterior cruciate ligament.  2, record 1, English, - drawer%20test

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] la manœuvre de tiroir antérieur [...] consiste à subluxer le tibia antérieurement alors que le genou se trouve fléchi à 90° et que le pied est [...] [immobilisé] par l'examinateur. La manœuvre du tiroir postérieur s'effectue dans le sens inverse, repoussant le tibia postérieurement [...]  2, record 1, French, - man%26oelig%3Buvre%20du%20tiroir

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A sign diagnostic of rupture of the cruciate ligament(s) of the knee.  1, record 2, English, - drawer%20test

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The knee is flexed to 90 degrees with the foot stabilized on the examination table. The examiner applies an anterior, then a posterior, force against the upper tibia, perpendicular to the long axis of the leg. An increased glide, anterior or posterior of the tibia is caused by rupture of the anterior or posterior cruciate ligament, respectively.  1, record 2, English, - drawer%20test

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish