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Hoffas Test

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Demonstration of Hoffa's Test[1]
Hoffas fat pad impingement test[2]
  • Hoffa's Test
  • Hoffa's Fat Pad Test
  • Infrapatellar Fat Pad Impingement Test
  • Knee Fat Pad Examination

Purpose

Description

  • The patient is supine with knee partially flexed
  • The patients medial and lateral patellar tendon are grasped by the examiner
  • The knee is brought into full extension
  • Positive test
    • Pain elicited on either side of the patella

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Genin, Jason, et al. "Infrapatellar fat pad impingement: a systematic review." The Journal of Knee Surgery 30.07 (2017): 639-646.
  2. ↑ Gerbino, Peter G. "Adolescent anterior knee pain." Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine 14.3 (2006): 203-211.
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John Kiel on 8 March 2021 14:29:56
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