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Vastus Medialis Coordination Test
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Demonstration of the Vastus Medialis Coordination Test[1]
- Vastus Medialis Coordination Test
Purpose
- Evaluate cause of knee pain
Description
- The patient is supine
- Examiner places the fist under the subject’s knee
- The patient is asked to extend the knee slowly without pressing down or lifting away from the examiner’s fist
- The patient is instructed to achieve full extension.
- Positive test
- Lack of coordinated full extension is apparent
- When the patient either has difficulty smoothly achieving extension or uses the extensors or flexors of the hip to accomplish extension
Pathology
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Dysfunction of Vastus Medialis Obliquus
Evidence
- Unknown
See Also
References
- ↑ Halabchi, Farzin, et al. "Patellofemoral pain in athletes: clinical perspectives." Open access journal of sports medicine (2017): 189-203.
Created by:
John Kiel on 19 January 2022 16:42:52
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