McMurray Special Test for Meniscus Tear - Knee Clinical Examination 🧠 Want to learn more from me? Head to my profile and click the "Learn More" button to see all my latest articles and podcasts. The McMurray test is probably one the most well known and recommended special tests for detecting a meniscus tear during your knee clinical exam. In some of my past videos, I've talked about how I somply palpate joint line and perform end range of motion to also detect mensiscus tears and avoid some of

MCMURRAY TEST FOR MENISCUS DAMAGE The McMurray Test is probably the most common test in order to assess for meniscal tears. The test is designed to stress the posterior horn of the menisci. In external rotation the posterior horn of the medial meniscus is compressed by the medial femoral condyle and internal rotation compresses the lateral meniscus by the femoral condyle. Kim et al. (1996) describe the paradoxycal McMurray test, which means that the McMurray can also be positive in external rota