Eges Test
Other Names
- Weight-bearing McMurray test
- Ege's Test
- Akseki Test
- Squat Test for Meniscal Tear
- Weight-Bearing Meniscal Test
- Ege’s Maneuver
Purpose
- Evaluate Medial Meniscus and Lateral Meniscus for Meniscal Pathology as a cause of the patients knee pain
Description
- The patient is in the standing position, legs shoulder with apart
- The test is done with external rotation of knee (medial meniscus) and/or internal rotation of knee (lateral meniscus)
- For medial meniscus injury, maximally externally rotate the legs and have the patient squat down and stand up
- For lateral meniscus injury, maximally internally rotate the legs and have the patient squat down and back up
- Positive test
- Pain or clicking at the joint line
Pathology
Evidence
- Akseki et al[3]
- For medial meniscus
- Sensitivity: 67%
- Specificity: 81%
- For lateral meniscus
- Sensitivity: 64%
- Specificity: 90%
- For medial meniscus
- Rinonapoli et al[4]
- 5-7 days post injury
- Sensitivity: 98%
- Specificity: 24%
- PPV: 78%
- NPV: 84%
- Diagnostic Accuracy: 79%
- 4-5 weeks post injury
- Sensitivity: 89%
- Specificity: 61%
- PPV: 87%
- NPV: 67%
- Diagnostic Accuracy: 83%
- 5-7 days post injury
See Also
References
- ↑ Ercin, Ersin, et al. "History, clinical findings, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic correlation in meniscal lesions." Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 20 (2012): 851-856.
- ↑ Gotlin, Matthew J., and Mehul R. Shah. "Meniscal Pathology: Presentation and Diagnosis." The Management of Meniscal Pathology: From Meniscectomy to Repair and Transplantation (2020): 27-52.
- ↑ D Akseki, O Ozcan, H Boya, and H Pinar. A new weight-bearing meniscal test and a comparison with McMurray's test and joint line tenderness. Arthroscopy, The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery; Nov 2004; 20(9): 951-958.
- ↑ Rinonapoli, Giuseppe, et al. "Clinical reliability of 6 meniscal tests: a diagnostic accuracy study of 255 patients." Acta Orthopaedica 96 (2025): 452-458.
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John Kiel on 24 July 2019 23:08:30
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