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Proximal Tibial Percussion Test

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Proximal Tibial Percussion Test
Demonstration of Proximal Tibial Percussion Test[1]
  • Proximal Tibial Percussion Test
  • PTP test
  • PCL Percussion Test
  • Percussion Test for PCL Injury

Purpose

Description

  • The patient is supine, hip and knee flexed
  • The feet are flat on the examination table, the examiner sits on the patients foot
  • Examiner places one hand directly over the anterior aspect of the proximal tibia
    • At the level of the tibial tubercle
  • The examiner then delivers a blow to the back of their hand
  • Positive test
    • Significant posterior joint pain

Pathology

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Feltham, Glen T., and John P. Albright. "The diagnosis of PCL injury: literature review and introduction of two novel tests." The Iowa orthopaedic journal 21 (2001): 36.
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John Kiel on 24 June 2026 12:31:42
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