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Plica Flexion Test

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Other Names

  • Flexion Test

Purpose

  • Evaluate the Plicae as a cause of knee pain

Description

  • The patient is seated or supine
  • The tibia is quickly swung into flexion from full extension
    • Stop somewhere between 30 and 60°
  • Positive test
    • Reproduction of pain
    • Thought to be due to stretching of plica with eccentric contraction of the quadriceps

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

Created by:
John Kiel on 5 March 2021 15:12:49
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27 April 2023 09:58:42
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