Execution:
- Patient is in sitting position with his leg hanging off the treatment table
- The examiner grasps the patient’s calcaneus from posterolaterally and applies pressure with his thumb on the anterolateral part of the talocrural joint
- Consequently, the examiner moves the patient’s ankle into forced maximal dorsiflexion with his other hand
Positive Outcome: Reproduction of the patient’s familiar pain or if the pain elicited by applying pressure with the thumb is increased
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Study |
Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ |
LR- |
| Molloy et al. (2003) |
NA |
95 | 88 | 3.76 |
0.08 |
| Comment: Although the diagnostic accuracy of this test seems very good, the study by Molloy is at high risk of bias. | |||||
