Crossed Leg Test

Execution:

  1. Patient is seated and crosses the affected leg over the knee of the contralateral leg. The pivot point should be around the middle or distal third of the lower leg
  2. The patient pushes on his or her knee

 

Positive Outcome: Pain occurs at the ankle. Pushing the knee is unnecessary when there is pain by just placing the leg over the other

Study

Reliability

Sn Sp LR+

LR-

Großterlinden et al. (2016)

NA

14 83 0.82

1.04

Comment: The supposed mechanism is similar to the squeeze test and shares a similar specificity