Steinmans Test

Other Names

Illustration of Steinman's test

• Steinman Test
• Steinmann's Test
• Steinman Sign
• Steinman Tenderness Displacement Test
• Steinman's Test

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Purpose

• Evaluate the Medial Meniscus and Lateral Meniscus as causes of Knee Pain
• It is performed in two parts

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Description

Steinman Part 1

• The patient is seated, legs hanging off table at 90° flexion
• The examiner rotates the tibial medially and then rotated laterally
• Positive test
  • Pain is elicited with medial or lateral rotation

Steinman Part 2

• Palpation the joint line medially and laterally
• Flex the knee while maintaining palpation of the joint line at the point of tenderness
• Then extend the knee while maintaining palpation of the joint line
• A positive test is:
  • Tenderness moves posteriorly with increasing flexion.
  • Tenderness moves anteriorly when the knee is extended.

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Pathology

• Meniscal Pathology
• Medial Meniscus Injury
• Lateral Meniscus Injury

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Evidence

• Unknown

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See Also

• Knee Pain Main
• Physical Exam Knee

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